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.
Filmography
Looking Back in Anger
1989 · 10.0
The Modern Love Story
1992 · 10.0
Heart to Hearts
1988 · 10.0
The Shanghai Conspiracy
1989 · 9.0
Hero Without Tears - II
1984 · 9.0
Four Loves
1989 · 9.0
The Yang's Saga
1985 · 8.9
The Feud of Two Brothers
1986 · 8.5
Behind Silk Curtains
1988 · 8.5
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983 · 8.2
Lord Of East China Sea
1993 · 8.1
Super Brain
2014 · 8.0
My Father's Son
1988 · 8.0
Gigolo and Whore
1991 · 8.0
Shadow Cop
1993 · 8.0
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
2021 · 8.0
7½ Detectives
1988 · 8.0
Cairo Declaration
2015 · 8.0
Lover of the Swindler
1993 · 8.0
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 · 7.8
A Roof with a View
1993 · 7.5
Queen's Bench III
1990 · 7.5
The Duke of Mount Deer
1984 · 7.4
2046
2004 · 7.3
Days of Being Wild
1990 · 7.3
Infernal Affairs II
2003 · 7.3
Center Stage
1991 · 7.3
City Warriors
1988 · 7.3
Ashes of Time Redux
2008 · 7.2
Roast
2017 · 7.2
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993 · 7.2
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992 · 7.2
Project A - Part II
1987 · 7.1
Ashes of Time
1994 · 7.1
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993 · 7.1
A Beautiful Moment
2018 · 7.1
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993 · 7.1
Armour of God
1986 · 7.0
Warriors of Future
2022 · 7.0
Police Cadet
1984 · 7.0
Police Cadet 1988
1987 · 7.0
Middle Aged Fancy
1985 · 7.0
Forbidden City Cop
1996 · 7.0
Profiles of Pleasure
1988 · 7.0
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994 · 7.0
Mighty Baby
2002 · 7.0
Lord Of East China Sea II
1993 · 7.0
No More Love No More Death
1993 · 7.0
My American Grandson
1991 · 7.0
Infernal Affairs III
2003 · 7.0
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · 6.9
Saviour of the Soul
1991 · 6.8
Rose Rose I Love You
1993 · 6.8
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989 · 6.7
Beijing Love Story
2014 · 6.7
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010 · 6.6
She Shoots Straight
1990 · 6.6
Rich and Famous
1987 · 6.6
China White
1989 · 6.6
In Your Dreams
2017 · 6.4
Trump Card
2016 · 6.3
CHEF of CHINA
2025 · 6.3
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018 · 6.3
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013 · 6.3
1:99 Shorts
2003 · 6.3
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992 · 6.2
I Am Sorry
1989 · 6.2
Lucky Guys
1989 · 6.2
Deadful Melody
1994 · 6.1
Tragic Hero
1987 · 6.1
Intimates
1997 · 6.1
Your Face Sounds Familiar
2012 · 6.0
Sex and the Beauties
2004 · 6.0
Lady Supercop
1993 · 6.0
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006 · 5.9
Kung Fu Soccer
2026 · 5.8
The Banquet
1991 · 5.8
Dynasty Warriors
2021 · 5.8
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996 · 5.8
Keep Running
2014 · 5.7
Love Generation Hong Kong
1998 · 5.7
La Brassiere
2001 · 5.6
The Night Rider
1992 · 5.3
Naughty Boys
1986 · 5.2
From Vegas to Macau II
2015 · 5.1
Bends
2013 · 5.1
The Romancing Star II
1988 · 5.0
Crazy Hong Kong
1993 · 5.0
All's Well, End's Well 2011
2011 · 5.0
A City Called Macau
2019 · 5.0
Itchy Heart
2004 · 4.9
Cop Shop Babes
2001 · 4.4
From Vegas to Macau III
2016 · 4.1
Asura
2018 · 1.2
When the Sun Shines
1990 · 0.0
Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years
1968 · 0.0
The Turbulent Decade
1986 · 0.0
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018 · 0.0
Showbiz Tycoon
2000 · 0.0
Mystery Beyond
1976 · 0.0
Take Care Your Highness
1985 · 0.0
Rainbow Round My Shoulder
1984 · 0.0
鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)
1984 · 0.0
Here Comes A Hero
1989 · 0.0
Big Little Man
1992 · 0.0
一江春水向东流
2005 · 0.0
Pau Kung
1984 · 0.0
The Tough Fight
1985 · 0.0
Half a Lifelong Romance
2020 · 0.0
Up Idol
2016 · 0.0
The Young Wanderer
1985 · 0.0
最佳女主角
2013 · 0.0
Fate Takes A Hand
1987 · 0.0
我是演说家
2014 · 0.0
恩情
2003 · 0.0
多桑与红玫瑰
2001 · 0.0
The Clones
1984 · 0.0
皇上保重 (數碼修復版)
1985 · 0.0
情场妙女郎
1993 · 0.0
Fate In Our Hands
1989 · 0.0
佳人有约
1991 · 0.0
柠檬丈夫
1988 · 0.0
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1991 · 0.0
The Great Detective
2019 · 0.0
梅艳芳·10·思念·音乐·会
2013 · 0.0
华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
1992 · 0.0
Showtime
2010 · 0.0