
Actor
Carina Lau
Born 1966 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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

2046
Lulu / Mimi / Android · 2004

Days of Being Wild
Leung Fung-ying · 1990

Let the Bullets Fly
Magistrate's wife · 2010

Armour of God
Member of The Losers (uncredited) · 1986

Infernal Affairs II
Mary · 2003

Warriors of Future
Colonel Tam Bing · 2022

Ashes of Time
Peach Blossom · 1994

Infernal Affairs III
Mary Hon · 2003

Project A Part II
Carina · 1987

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Wu Zetian · 2010

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Wu Zetian · 2013

Forbidden City Cop
Ling Kar Ting · 1996

The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Zhou Botong · 1993

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Wu Zetian · 2018

Center Stage
Li Lili · 1991

Flowers of Shanghai
Pearl · 1998

Dynasty Warriors
Master of the Sword Forge Castle · 2021

The Legend of the Condor Heroes
華箏婢女 · 1983

He's a Woman, She's a Man
Rose · 1994

C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Tracey · 1993

Looking Back in Anger
Ni Chujun · 1989

Saviour of the Soul
Pet Lady · 1991

She Shoots Straight
Huang Chia-Ling · 1990

Lord Of East China Sea
Lao Liu · 1993