Carina Lau

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 132
Gender: Female
Born: December 8, 1966
Place of birth: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Also known as: Jialing LiuCarina LiuLau Ka LingKar-Ling LauCarina Lau Kar-lingJia-Ling Liu

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.