Carina Lau
Date of birth: 1966-12-08
Place of birth: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jialing Liu, Carina Liu, Lau Ka Ling, Kar-Ling Lau, Carina Lau Kar-ling, Jia-Ling Liu, Carina Lau Ka Ling, Carina Lau Ka-Ling, Lưu Gia Linh, کارینا لاو کار-لینگ, کارینا لاو کار-لین
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.
Movie Credits
2046
2004-10-20
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author
Project A Part II
1987-07-25
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangs
Infernal Affairs II
2003-10-01
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 ha
Ashes of Time
1994-09-17
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert sw
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989-04-28
Hong Kong Police Supt. Walter Tso arrests Big Dai, the reformed leader of a criminal corporation. Wh
Saviour of the Soul
1991-12-19
A woman blinds a martial arts master and his pupil vows revenge on her. She is forced to abandon her
La Brassiere
2001-09-27
A Hong Kong bra company breaks tradition by hiring two men, Johnny and Wayne, to design an "ultimate
She Shoots Straight
1990-04-07
Hong Kong police officer Mina Kao marries Huang Tsung-Pao, who is a member of a law enforcement dyna
Sex and the Beauties
2004-02-26
We have Carina Lau has Selina the lead actress who is a psychoanalyst, who hang out with her friends
Flowers of Shanghai
1998-10-05
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British
Crazy Hong Kong
1993-07-10
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-ou
Mighty Baby
2002-08-08
After successfully designing the perfect bra, Lena, Johnny and Wayne are ordered to come up with a m
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010-09-18
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a fo
Days of Being Wild
1990-12-15
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after di
Deadful Melody
1994-01-08
A young security man must prove himself worthy by defending the one object wanted by all the masters
Let the Bullets Fly
2010-12-20
When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the
Lord Of East China Sea II
1993-05-13
The continuing saga of the life of one of the most powerful men in China in the first half of the 20
All's Well, Ends Well 2011
2011-02-02
Popular beautician Sammy (Louis Koo) has the good fortune of being hired as the CEO of a cosmetics c
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993-02-05
A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, sl
Cairo Declaration
2015-09-03
Armour of God
1986-08-16
Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exot
Tragic Hero
1987-02-20
After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Lee Ah Chai.
Itchy Heart
2004-11-02
Truly reflecting Hong Kong people's attitudes of love and marriage, "Itchy Heart" tells a story of a
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006-10-12
This story takes place in a city by the Yangzi River where skyscrapers stand around falling slums...
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993-11-11
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hon
The Romancing Star II
1988-01-21
Chow Yun Fat leaves his buddies Eric Tsang, Stanley Fung, and Nat Chan Bak Cheung to their own devic
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994-07-23
Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her
Cop Shop Babes
2001-05-19
Bear and Satay are two cops who got moved to the Cop Shop Babes brigade, where they can chat up poli
Bends
2013-10-16
A wealthy Hong Kong housewife, Anna, lives a spoiled, bored life. When her husband suddenly leaves,
I Am Sorry
1989-05-10
Carole and Mandy have just become neighbors in a luxury apartment complex. Mandy is a successful car
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013-09-27
Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his re
Rich and Famous
1987-05-27
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a
Intimates
1997-10-23
Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she b
My American Grandson
1991-11-07
A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visi
City Warriors
1988-10-20
A soldier from Mainland China arrives at Hong Kong to look for his estranged sister and finds out th
Infernal Affairs III
2003-12-12
While Yeung Kam Wing is trying to remove all connections between the mob and him, his actions are be
No More Love No More Death
1993-04-16
The prequel to Taylor Wong's With or Without You finds Prince being raised as a trained assassin by
Beijing Love Story
2014-02-14
A cross-generational look at how denizens of China's largest city deal with romance and commitment.
A Roof with a View
1993-09-16
Hiu-tung (Veronica Yip) is a naïve young wife who is forced to raise her child alone after her gangs
Profiles of Pleasure
1988-05-05
Before the Big Ban on prostitution, West Hong Kong is famous for its houses of pleasure. The most in
Love Generation Hong Kong
1998-07-25
Based on a popular TV series. Pop Superstar Leon Lai is Billy Kay, a white collar office worker with
Showtime
2010-09-02
Shanghai, 2009. After four years of studying, a group of dance students are wished well by their tea
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993-12-11
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel
Rose Rose I Love You
1993-03-27
Bumbling Hong Kong detectives Lui (Kenny Bee) and Leung (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) go undercover in an apar
Lover of the Swindler
1993-07-15
A con artist falls in love with a respectable nightclub girl but romance is overshadowed by deceptio
Naughty Boys
1986-07-25
Sing, an ex-con who's supposed to dig up the buried loot of his three still-jailed buddies...but whe
Queen's Bench III
1990-11-02
After scoring a massive HK$20 million at the box office with the hit comedy Her Fatal Ways in 1990,
From Vegas to Macau II
2015-02-19
Following his confrontation with the nefarious DOA organization, Ken (Chow Yun Fat) is looking forwa
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992-02-01
This is a screwball-comedy in Hong Kong style. Chow Yun Fat plays the spoiled village hetman of a ti
Lady Supercop
1993-10-21
Chang Mi-Hua returns from Canada to take over an incompetent unit of the HK Police force.
Heart to Hearts
1988-08-25
The first of the three titles in the screwball Hong Kong "Hearts" series. Alex, a creative director
From Vegas to Macau III
2016-02-06
A gambler is targeted for murder during the wedding of his daughter to his protege.
Four Loves
1989-03-04
The two Cheng sisters leave war-torn Shanghai for Hong Kong. They take on another guest along the wa
Center Stage
1991-11-29
Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chron
Lucky Guys
1989-02-10
Lucky Guys is a Hong Kong Comedy directed by Yao Ka-Hung and it stars Eric Tsang and Jacky Cheung.
7½ Detectives
1988-07-09
Taiwan Comedy directed by Kevin Chu Yen-Ping and starring Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung.
China White
1989-11-04
In Amsterdam - in the time before the legalisation of some drugs and the following growth of competi
The Banquet
1991-11-30
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer
1:99 Shorts
2003-08-04
Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Ho
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996-08-15
Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another
In Your Dreams
2017-10-31
One day, Heng saves a woman, Ms. Yip, from drowning in his school’s pool. When she turns out to be H
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018-07-27
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of stra
A Beautiful Moment
2018-02-15
An ageing bachelor playboy finally meets the girl of his dreams and proposes marriage, only to disco
Warriors of Future
2022-08-05
When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save
Forbidden City Cop
1996-02-16
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages hi
Dynasty Warriors
2021-04-27
In the turbulent late Eastern Han Dynasty, ambitious Dong Zhuo controls the court and the commonalty
Asura
2018-07-13
An epic fantasy loosely based on Buddhist mythology, it is set in the mythical realm of Asura — the
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992-05-17
"Girls Without a Future" - About five escort girls in misery. Hung is getting to old for the job. He
Gigolo and Whore
1991-05-23
The popular Pygmalion formula, popularized in the Hollywood musical "My Fair Lady," gets a decidedly
The Great Detective
2019-01-25
Chinese fantasy suspense detective film directed by Roy Chow
A City Called Macau
2019-05-17
A casino broker who funds wealthy gamblers drops her guard when she falls for an artist with a gambl
The Night Rider
1992-12-17
Simon Yam is the greatest and craziest illegal road racer in Hong Kong.
Lord Of East China Sea
1993-04-22
The story of the rise to prominence of Luk, a Shanghai fruitseller who became one of the most powerf
Shadow Cop
1993-01-08
Hsiong, a young narcotics officer, hooks up through comic accidents with a party girl named Witty. S
The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
1991-05-20
华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
1992-10-15
Infernal Affairs Trilogy
2004-12-09
The Infernal Affairs: Ultimate Collector's Edition 8-disc DVD Box Set is a commemorative collection
Ashes of Time Redux
2008-05-18
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert sw