Carina Lau

Actress

Born: December 8, 1966 (59 years old)

Place of birth: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Biography

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 (51)

• 2046 (2004, ★ 7.2)
• Project A Part II (1987, ★ 7.1)
• Infernal Affairs II (2003, ★ 7.3)
• Ashes of Time (1994, ★ 7)
• Let the Bullets Fly (2010, ★ 7.8)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983, ★ 8)
• Return of the Lucky Stars (1989, ★ 6.5)
• Saviour of the Soul (1991, ★ 6.7)
• She Shoots Straight (1990, ★ 6.5)
• Flowers of Shanghai (1998, ★ 6.9)
• Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, ★ 6.6)
• Days of Being Wild (1990, ★ 7.2)
• Lord Of East China Sea II (1993, ★ 6.9)
• The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993, ★ 7)
• Armour of God (1986, ★ 7)
• C'est La Vie Mon Cheri (1993, ★ 7.1)
• He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994, ★ 7)
• Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, ★ 6.3)
• Rich and Famous (1987, ★ 6.5)
• Infernal Affairs III (2003, ★ 6.9)
• Beijing Love Story (2014, ★ 6.8)
• He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father (1993, ★ 7)
• Center Stage (1991, ★ 7.2)
• China White (1989, ★ 6.4)
• In Your Dreams (2017, ★ 6.4)
• Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, ★ 6.3)
• A Beautiful Moment (2018, ★ 7.1)
• Warriors of Future (2022, ★ 7)
• Forbidden City Cop (1996, ★ 7)
• Lord Of East China Sea (1993, ★ 7.9)