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Acting

Karena Lam Kar-yan

Born
Aug 17, 1978 · Age 48
Place of birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender
Female
Movie credits
43
TV credits
4
Also known as (5)
  • Karena Lam
  • Kar Yan Lam
  • Karena Lam Ka-Yan
  • 林嘉欣
  • 임가흔

Biography

Karena was working at her Vancouver family restaurant when she was discovered by a talent scout from Taiwan in 1993, at age fifteen. The scout persuaded her to fly to Taiwan that Christmas, alone, for a singing audition in the hope of securing a professional contract. The audition was a success and she released two albums, her debut album in 1995 and her second album later in 1999. However both were met with modest success. Her film debut in 2002 changed all this and propelled her to real stardom. Karena starred in three successful Hong Kong films in the same year, winning the awards of Best…