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Carina Lau

Film Actress | * 12/08/1965 (58) | Suzhou, Jiangsu (People's Republic of China)
Carina Lau Kar-ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; born 8 December 1966) is a Hong Kong 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. Her husband is Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Lau frequently appears in the Hong Kong fashion scene and is a patron of many charities. ()
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Carina Lau is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film actress.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.A bizarre murder mystery brings together the most powerful woman in China, ...

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

PG-13

2010 | 3.3/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother. ...

Days of Being Wild

Certification unknown

1990 | 3.6/5 | 1h 34min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love. ...

2046

R

2004 | 3.6/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, Science Fiction, Romance / Love
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In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film. ...

Infernal Affairs II

NR

2003 | 3.6/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Movies with Carina Lau as Actress(72)

as Colonel Tam Bing2022 Warriors of Future
as Master of the Sword Forge Castle2021 Dynasty Warriors
2019 The Great Detective
as Fei Jie2019 A City Called Macau
2018 A Beautiful Moment
2018 Asura
as Wu Zetian2018 Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
as Mrs. Yip2017 In Your Dreams
as Molly2016 From Vegas to Macau III
as Molly2015 From Vegas to Macau II
2014 Beijing Love Story
as Wu Zetian2013 Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
as Mrs. Li2013 Bends
as Tai Mung-ni / Mona2011 All's Well, Ends Well 2011
as Magistrate's wife2010 Let the Bullets Fly
as Empress Wu Zetian2010 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010 Showtime
as Chian Yu / Rose2006 Curiosity Kills the Cat
as Selina2004 Sex and the Beauties
as Lulu / Mimi2004 2046
as Cheung Choi Bing2004 Itchy Heart
as 11)2003 1:99 Shorts
as Mary Hon2003 Infernal Affairs III
as Mary Hon2003 Infernal Affairs II
as Samantha2002 Mighty Baby
as Mona Lui2001 Cop Shop Babes
as Samantha2001 La Brassiere
1998 Love Generation Hong Kong
as Pearl1998 Flowers of Shanghai
as Wan1997 Intimates
as Ling Kar Ting1996 Forbidden City Cop
as Rose1996 Who's the Man, Who's the Woman
as Peach Blossom1994 Ashes of Time
as Rose1994 He's a Woman, She's a Man
as Tam Yuet-Wah1994 Deadful Melody
as Jing Jing1993 No More Love No More Death
as Witty1993 Shadow Cop
1993 Lady Supercop
as Lao Liu1993 Lord Of East China Sea II
as Chou Po-tung1993 The Eagle Shooting Heroes
as Tracey1993 C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
as Lao Liu1993 Lord Of East China Sea
1993 A Roof with a View
as Shirley Huang1993 Crazy Hong Kong
1993 Lover of the Swindler
as Laura Watts1993 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993 Rose Rose I Love You
as Laura1992 The Night Rider
as Hua1992 Girls Without Tomorrow
as Susan Chong1992 Now You See Love... Now You Don't
as Lily Li / Self1991 Center Stage
as Pet Lady1991 Saviour of the Soul
as Dancer / Woman at dinner1991 The Banquet
as Jiao Li1991 My American Grandson
as Chung Siu Hung1991 Gigolo and Whore
as Huang Chia-Ling1990 She Shoots Straight
as Ms Chen1990 Queen's Bench III
as Leung Fung-ying1990 Days of Being Wild
as Yen1989 China White
as Cheng Hsiao-Chuan1989 Four Loves
as Tam Wing Lin1989 Lucky Guys
1989 I Am Sorry
as Fong Fong1988 The Romancing Star II
as Mak Ying-ying1988 City Warriors
as Banana Tso1988 Return of the Lucky Stars
as Alex's friend1988 Heart to Hearts
as Miss Chu1988 Profiles of Pleasure
as Mrs. Koo1988 7½ Detectives
as Lau Po Yee1987 Rich and Famous
as Lau Po Yee1987 Tragic Hero
as Beattie1987 Project A: Part II
as Bonnie1986 Naughty Boys

TV Shows/Series with Carina Lau as Actress(9)

as 顾曼璐/Gu Manlu2020 Half a Lifelong Romance
2014 Super Brain
as Ni Chujun1989 Looking Back in Anger
1988 Police Cadet 1988
as Princess Chai1985 The Yang's Saga
as Cheung Ka Man1984 Police Cadet
1984 Police Cadet
as 方怡1984 The Duke of Mount Deer
as 華箏婢女1983 The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Movies with Carina Lau as Crew(2)

Crew/Thanks2021 The Hand
Production/Producer2017 In Your Dreams

Additional Information

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Full Name: Carina Lau
Born: Wednesday, 12/08 1965 (December) in Suzhou, Jiangsu (People's Republic of China) (current age: 58 years + 133 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Educated at: Kiangsu-Chekiang College
Record Label: EMI
Spouses (current/former): Tony Leung
Other names for Carina Lau (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jialing Liu"
"Carina Liu"
"Lau Ka Ling"
"Kar-Ling Lau"
"Carina Lau Kar-ling"
"Jia-Ling Liu"
"유가령"
"刘嘉玲"
"劉嘉玲"
"Carina Lau Ka Ling"
"Carina Lau Ka-Ling"
Carina Lau frequently works together with these people:
Wong Jing (17x, Crew)
Eric Tsang (15x, Actor)
Tony Leung Ka-fai (15x, Actor)
William Chang (15x, Crew)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai (13x, Actor)
Andrew Lau (13x, Crew)
Andy Lau (12x, Actor)
Wong Kar-wai (12x, Crew)
Tsui Hark (10x, Crew)
Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting (9x, Actor)
Joe Cheung Tung-cho (8x, Actor)
Ng Man-tat (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5750, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024