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Acting

Carina Lau

Born
Dec 8, 1966 · Age 59
Place of birth
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Gender
Female
Movie credits
81
TV credits
51
Also known as (9)
  • Jialing Liu
  • Carina Liu
  • Lau Ka Ling
  • Kar-Ling Lau
  • Carina Lau Kar-ling
  • Jia-Ling Liu
  • Carina Lau Ka Ling
  • Carina Lau Ka-Ling
  • Lưu Gia Linh

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…