Acting
Carina Lau
1966 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
30 films
Bio
Carina Lau Kar-Ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; born 8 December 1966) is a Hong Kong-Canadian actress and singer. She started her acting career in TVB, before going on to achieve success in films after her 2nd year in college. She was notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films. She also plays Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee films, starting with Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame in 2010. She has won Best Actress awards at the Hong Kong Film Award and Mainland China's Golden Rooster Awards, and has been nominated at Cannes Film Festival and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards.
Filmography
Kung Fu Soccer
Grandmaster
Armour of God
Member of The Losers (uncredited)
Warriors of Future
Colonel Tam Bing
The Banquet
Dancer / Woman at Dinner
Days of Being Wild
Leung Fung-ying
2046
Lulu / Mimi / Android
Let the Bullets Fly
Magistrate's wife
Infernal Affairs II
Mary
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Wu Zetian
Project A - Part II
Carina
Infernal Affairs III
Mary Hon
Ashes of Time
Peach Blossom