FrameThrower · Actors · Carina Lau
Carina Lau
2 films · 26 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1994–1998
Born 8 December 1966 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Carina Lau Kar-Ling 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.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 26 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1994–1998
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2025
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2024
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2023
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