Carina Lau
Actor
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.
Filmography
Armour of God
as Member of The Losers Band 1986
Days of Being Wild
as Leung Fung-ying 1990
Warriors of Future
as Colonel Tam Bing 2022
Infernal Affairs II
as Mary Hon 2003
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
as Wu Zetian 2010
Ashes of Time
as Peach Blossom 1994
Infernal Affairs III
as Mary Hon 2003
Let the Bullets Fly
as Magistrate's wife 2010
Project A Part II
as Carina 1987
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
as Wu Zetian 2013
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
as Wu Zetian 2018
Dynasty Warriors
as Master of the Sword Forge Castle 2021
Forbidden City Cop
as Ling Kar Ting 1996
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
as Zhou Botong 1993
Flowers of Shanghai
as Pearl 1998
Center Stage
as Lily Li / Self 1991