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 128
Keep Running
2014
Kung Fu Soccer
2026
Trump Card
2016
Police Cadet
1984
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983
When the Sun Shines
1990
Super Brain
2014
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
1968
CHEF of CHINA
2025
The Duke of Mount Deer
1984
Mystery Beyond
1976
Roast
2017
The Turbulent Decade
1986
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
Armour of God
1986
Looking Back in Anger
1989
The Blooming Journey
2025
The Feud of Two Brothers
1986
Infernal Affairs II
2003
Here Comes A Hero
1989
2046
2004
Days of Being Wild
1990
Take Care Your Highness
1985
Police Cadet 1988
1987
Forbidden City Cop
1996
Showbiz Tycoon
2000
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
Infernal Affairs III
2003
Warriors of Future
2022
The Modern Love Story
1992
The Yang's Saga
1985
最佳女主角
2013
My Father's Son
1988
Ashes of Time
1994
Project A Part II
1987
鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)
1984
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Rainbow Round My Shoulder
1984
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
我是演说家
2014
Big Little Man
1992
The Clones
1984
The Young Wanderer
1985
Half a Lifelong Romance
2020
The Banquet
1991
The Shanghai Conspiracy
1989
The Tough Fight
1985
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
Up Idol
2016
多桑与红玫瑰
2001
Dynasty Warriors
2021
La Brassiere
2001
一江春水向东流
2005
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
Fate Takes A Hand
1987
Center Stage
1991
Middle Aged Fancy
1985
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
Flowers of Shanghai
1998
恩情
2003
Fate In Our Hands
1989
Jia Ren Zi You Yue
2024
Pau Kung
1984
Crazy Hong Kong
1993
Behind Silk Curtains
1988
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992
Rich and Famous
1987
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994
Deadful Melody
1994
Asura
2018
柠檬丈夫
1988
情场妙女郎
1993
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
She Shoots Straight
1990
无间道正序版
2006
Sex and the Beauties
2004
Tragic Hero
1987
Cop Shop Babes
2001
Naughty Boys
1986
The Romancing Star II
1988
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993
Ashes of Time Redux
2008
1:99 Shorts
2003
佳人有约
1991
Saviour of the Soul
1991
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993
The Great Detective
2019
Lord Of East China Sea
1993
Profiles of Pleasure
1988
Hero Without Tears - II
1984
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006
China White
1989
Mighty Baby
2002
No More Love No More Death
1993
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
Beijing Love Story
2014
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1991
Intimates
1997
Four Loves
1989
Shadow Cop
1993
对照记
2021
Gigolo and Whore
1991
Lord Of East China Sea II
1993
I Am Sorry
1989
All's Well, End's Well 2011
2011
City Warriors
1988
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992
Heart to Hearts
1988
Lover of the Swindler
1993
Love Generation Hong Kong
1998
Lucky Guys
1989
A Roof with a View
1993
A City Called Macau
2019
Rose Rose I Love You
1993
The Night Rider
1992
My American Grandson
1991
A Beautiful Moment
2018
Itchy Heart
2004
Queen's Bench III
1990
7½ Detectives
1988
华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
1992
Showtime
2010
In Your Dreams
2017
Bends
2013
Lady Supercop
1993
Cairo Declaration
2015
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
2021
