
Carina Lau
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.
Top Filmography

2046
2004 // MOVIE

Armour of God
1986 // MOVIE

Days of Being Wild
1990 // MOVIE

Warriors of Future
2022 // MOVIE

Infernal Affairs II
2003 // MOVIE

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010 // MOVIE

Ashes of Time
1994 // MOVIE

Infernal Affairs III
2003 // MOVIE

Let the Bullets Fly
2010 // MOVIE

Project A Part II
1987 // MOVIE

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013 // MOVIE

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018 // MOVIE

Dynasty Warriors
2021 // MOVIE

Forbidden City Cop
1996 // MOVIE

The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993 // MOVIE