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Carina Lau

Carina Lau

Acting • 1966-12-08 • 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.

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Warriors of Future7.0

Warriors of Future

2022

Days of Being Wild7.3

Days of Being Wild

1990

Let the Bullets Fly7.8

Let the Bullets Fly

2010

Ashes of Time7.0

Ashes of Time

1994

Project A - Part II7.1

Project A - Part II

1987

Infernal Affairs II7.3

Infernal Affairs II

2003

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