Carina Lau
Acting
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.
As actor 131
Keep Running
2014
Trump Card
2016
Police Cadet
1984
Super Brain
2014
When the Sun Shines
1990
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983
Roast
2017
Kung Fu Soccer
2026
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1968
CHEF of CHINA
2025
The Duke of Mount Deer
1984
Your Face Sounds Familiar
2012
Looking Back in Anger
1989
Armour of God
1986
The Blooming Journey
2025
The Turbulent Decade
1986
Mystery Beyond
1976
The Modern Love Story
1992
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
Police Cadet 1988
1987
The Feud of Two Brothers
1986
Infernal Affairs II
2003
2046
2004
Days of Being Wild
1990
Warriors of Future
2022
Infernal Affairs III
2003
The Yang's Saga
1985
Showbiz Tycoon
2000
Take Care Your Highness
1985
Ashes of Time
1994
Half a Lifelong Romance
2020
Project A - Part II
1987
Here Comes A Hero
1989
鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)
1984
皇上保重 (數碼修復版)
1985
一江春水向东流
2005
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
Big Little Man
1992
My Father's Son
1988
The Young Wanderer
1985
Rainbow Round My Shoulder
1984
The Clones
1984
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
Up Idol
2016
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
多桑与红玫瑰
2001
The Shanghai Conspiracy
1989
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
Forbidden City Cop
1996
Dynasty Warriors
2021
我是演说家
2014
Fate Takes A Hand
1987
Crazy Hong Kong
1993
The Tough Fight
1985
Center Stage
1991
Middle Aged Fancy
1985
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
The Banquet
1991
Fate In Our Hands
1989
最佳女主角
2013
She Shoots Straight
1990
Jia Ren Zi You Yue
2024
Tragic Hero
1987
Saviour of the Soul
1991
Deadful Melody
1994
Flowers of Shanghai
1998
Pau Kung
1984
Rich and Famous
1987
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1991
All's Well, End's Well 2011
2011
I Am Sorry
1989
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994
Hero Without Tears - II
1984
The Romancing Star II
1988
恩情
2003
Behind Silk Curtains
1988
China White
1989
La Brassiere
2001
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989
情场妙女郎
1993
柠檬丈夫
1988
Profiles of Pleasure
1988
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992
Sex and the Beauties
2004
Asura
2018
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992
Cop Shop Babes
2001
Four Loves
1989
Naughty Boys
1986
无间道正序版
2006
Ashes of Time Redux
2008
Gigolo and Whore
1991
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006
A Beautiful Moment
2018
Mighty Baby
2002
Lord Of East China Sea
1993
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
2021
Shadow Cop
1993
Love Generation Hong Kong
1998
Heart to Hearts
1988
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993
A Roof with a View
1993
1:99 Shorts
2003
Lord Of East China Sea II
1993
对照记
2021
Beijing Love Story
2014
Bends
2013
佳人有约
1991
City Warriors
1988
Showtime
2010
No More Love No More Death
1993
The Night Rider
1992
My American Grandson
1991
Rose Rose I Love You
1993
Itchy Heart
2004
华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
1992
Intimates
1997
Lover of the Swindler
1993
A City Called Macau
2019
Queen's Bench III
1990
Lady Supercop
1993
7½ Detectives
1988
Lucky Guys
1989
The Great Detective
2019
In Your Dreams
2017
Cairo Declaration
2015
梅艳芳·10·思念·音乐·会
2013
