Carina Lau
Known for Acting
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
Armour of God
1986
as Member of The Losers (uncredited)
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
as Magistrate's wife
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
as Zhou Botong
Days of Being Wild
1990
as Leung Fung-ying
Project A Part II
1987
as Carina
Rose Rose I Love You
1993
Ashes of Time
1994
as Peach Blossom
Warriors of Future
2022
as Colonel Tam Bing
The Banquet
1991
as Dancer / Woman at Dinner
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
as Wu Zetian
2046
2004
as Lulu / Mimi / Android
Forbidden City Cop
1996
as Ling Kar Ting
Center Stage
1991
as Li Lili
Infernal Affairs II
2003
as Mary Hon
Dynasty Warriors
2021
as Master of the Sword Forge Castle
Infernal Affairs III
2003
as Mary Hon
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
as Wu Zetian
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
as Wu Zetian
All's Well, End's Well 2011
2011
as Tai Mung-ni / Mona
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
as Molly