Personal Info
Birthday
December 8, 1966
Place of Birth
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Known For
Acting
Carina Lau
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.
Acting Filmography (128)
6.2
Kung Fu Soccer
Movie2026
10.0
CHEF of CHINA
TV Series2025
6.0
The Blooming Journey
TV Series2025
No Backdrop
8.0
Jia Ren Zi You Yue
TV Series2024
7.0
Warriors of Future
Movie2022
No Backdrop
8.0
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
Movie2021
5.8
Dynasty Warriors
Movie2021
0.0
对照记
TV Series2021
0.0
Half a Lifelong Romance
TV Series2020
6.0
A City Called Macau
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
The Great Detective
Movie2019
0.0
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
TV Series2018
6.3
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Movie2018
1.2
Asura
Movie2018
7.1
A Beautiful Moment
Movie2018
6.4
In Your Dreams
Movie2017
7.2
Roast
TV Series2017
0.0
Up Idol
TV Series2016
4.1
From Vegas to Macau III
Movie2016
6.4
Trump Card
TV Series2016
8.0
Cairo Declaration
Movie2015
5.0
From Vegas to Macau II
Movie2015
5.7
Keep Running
TV Series2014
0.0
我是演说家
TV Series2014
6.8
Beijing Love Story
Movie2014
8.0
Super Brain
TV Series2014
5.1
Bends
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
最佳女主角
TV Series2013
6.3
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Movie2013
5.0
All's Well, End's Well 2011
Movie2011
7.8
Let the Bullets Fly
Movie2010
6.6
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Movie2010
No Backdrop
0.0
Showtime
Movie2010
8.0
Ashes of Time Redux
Movie2008
5.9
Curiosity Kills the Cat
Movie2006
10.0
无间道正序版
Movie2006
0.0
一江春水向东流
TV Series2005
4.9
Itchy Heart
Movie2004
7.2
2046
Movie2004
6.0
Sex and the Beauties
Movie2004
7.0
Infernal Affairs III
Movie2003
7.3
Infernal Affairs II
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.3
1:99 Shorts
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
恩情
TV Series2003
7.0
Mighty Baby
Movie2002
5.6
La Brassiere
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
多桑与红玫瑰
TV Series2001
4.4
Cop Shop Babes
Movie2001
0.0
Showbiz Tycoon
TV Series2000
6.9
Flowers of Shanghai
Movie1998
5.7
Love Generation Hong Kong
Movie1998
6.1
Intimates
Movie1997
5.8
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
Movie1996
7.0
Forbidden City Cop
Movie1996
7.1
Ashes of Time
Movie1994
7.0
He's a Woman, She's a Man
Movie1994
6.0
Deadful Melody
Movie1994
7.1
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
Movie1993
7.2
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Movie1993
No Backdrop
6.0
Lady Supercop
Movie1993
7.5
A Roof with a View
Movie1993
No Backdrop
8.0
Lover of the Swindler
Movie1993
4.8
Crazy Hong Kong
Movie1993
7.0
Lord Of East China Sea II
Movie1993
8.1
Lord Of East China Sea
Movie1993
7.0
No More Love No More Death
Movie1993
6.8
Rose Rose I Love You
Movie1993
7.1
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
情场妙女郎
TV Series1993
No Backdrop
8.0
Shadow Cop
Movie1993
5.3
The Night Rider
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
Movie1992
10.0
The Modern Love Story
TV Series1992
7.2
Girls Without Tomorrow
Movie1992
0.0
Big Little Man
TV Series1992
6.3
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Movie1992
6.8
Saviour of the Soul
Movie1991
5.8
The Banquet
Movie1991
7.3
Center Stage
Movie1991
7.0
My American Grandson
Movie1991
0.0
佳人有约
TV Series1991
8.0
Gigolo and Whore
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
Movie1991
7.3
Days of Being Wild
Movie1990
7.5
Queen's Bench III
Movie1990
0.0
When the Sun Shines
TV Series1990
6.6
She Shoots Straight
Movie1990
0.0
Fate In Our Hands
TV Series1989
6.6
China White
Movie1989
6.2
I Am Sorry
Movie1989
6.7
Return of the Lucky Stars
Movie1989
0.0
Here Comes A Hero
TV Series1989
10.0
Looking Back in Anger
TV Series1989
9.0
Four Loves
Movie1989
9.0
The Shanghai Conspiracy
TV Series1989
6.3
Lucky Guys
Movie1989
No Backdrop
7.0
City Warriors
Movie1988
10.0
Heart to Hearts
Movie1988
No Backdrop
0.0
柠檬丈夫
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
8.0
7½ Detectives
Movie1988
8.0
My Father's Son
TV Series1988
7.0
Profiles of Pleasure
Movie1988
8.5
Behind Silk Curtains
TV Series1988
5.0
The Romancing Star II
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.0
Police Cadet 1988
TV Series1987
7.1
Project A Part II
Movie1987
0.0
Fate Takes A Hand
TV Series1987
6.6
Rich and Famous
Movie1987
6.1
Tragic Hero
Movie1987
0.0
The Turbulent Decade
TV Series1986
7.1
Armour of God
Movie1986
5.2
Naughty Boys
Movie1986
8.5
The Feud of Two Brothers
TV Series1986
0.0
The Tough Fight
TV Series1985
8.9
The Yang's Saga
TV Series1985
0.0
Take Care Your Highness
TV Series1985
7.0
Middle Aged Fancy
TV Series1985
0.0
The Young Wanderer
TV Series1985
7.0
Police Cadet
TV Series1984
7.4
The Duke of Mount Deer
TV Series1984
0.0
鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)
TV Series1984
0.0
Rainbow Round My Shoulder
TV Series1984
9.0
Hero Without Tears - II
TV Series1984
0.0
Pau Kung
TV Series1984
0.0
The Clones
TV Series1984
8.2
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
TV Series1983
0.0
Mystery Beyond
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
0.0
歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
TV Series1968