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Carina Lau

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Carina Lau

Born Dec 8, 1966 · 59 years129 titles 81 movies · 48 TV
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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.

Also known as

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 · کارینا لاو کار-لینگ · کارینا لاو کار-لین

Born

Dec 8, 1966

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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1984 7 title(s)

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