Carina Lau
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1966-12-08 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Known for
- 2046 (2004) — Lulu / Mimi / Android
- Armour of God (1986) — Member of The Losers (uncredited)
- Days of Being Wild (1990) — Leung Fung-ying
- Warriors of Future (2022) — Colonel Tam Bing
- Infernal Affairs II (2003) — Mary Hon
- Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) — Wu Zetian
- Ashes of Time (1994) — Peach Blossom
- Infernal Affairs III (2003) — Mary Hon
- Let the Bullets Fly (2010) — Magistrate's wife
- Project A - Part II (1987) — Carina
- Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) — Wu Zetian
- Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) — Wu Zetian
- Forbidden City Cop (1996) — Ling Kar Ting
- Dynasty Warriors (2021) — Master of the Sword Forge Castle
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) — Zhou Botong
- Flowers of Shanghai (1998) — Pearl