Carina Lau

Hong Kong actress

Born

8 December 1965, Suzhou

Citizenship

Canada, People's Republic of China

Occupation

singer, film actor, actor

Films here

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Carina Lau Kar-ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; Jyutping: Lau4 Gaa1-ling4; born 8 December 1965) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She started her acting career at TVB, before achieving success with her girl-next-door roles in the 1980s' Hong Kong films. She is also known for her role as Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee film series. Lau won Best Actress at the Nantes Three Continents Festival for Days of Being Wild (1990), at the Golden Rooster Awards for Curiosity Kills the Cat (2006), and at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010).

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Maggie Cheung
• Tony Leung Ka-fai
• Jackie Chan
• Leslie Cheung
• Brigitte Lin
• Tony Leung
• Jacky Cheung
• Joey Wong
• Stephen Chow

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q706219 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.