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.
Filmography
Kung Fu Soccer
2026
as Grandmaster
Warriors of Future
2022
as Colonel Tam Bing
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
2021
as Archival Footage
Dynasty Warriors
2021
as Master of the Sword Forge Castle
A City Called Macau
2019
as Fei Jie
The Great Detective
2019
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
as Wu Zetian
Asura
2018
as Asura King, Head of Cunning
A Beautiful Moment
2018
as Doctor Bo
In Your Dreams
2017
as Mrs. Yip
From Vegas to Macau III
2016
as Molly
Cairo Declaration
2015
From Vegas to Macau II
2015
as Molly
Beijing Love Story
2014
as Jia Ling
Bends
2013
as Anna Li
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
as Wu Zetian
All's Well, End's Well 2011
2011
as Tai Mung-ni / Mona
Let the Bullets Fly
2010
as Magistrate's wife
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
as Wu Zetian
Showtime
2010
Ashes of Time Redux
2008
as 桃花
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006
as Chian Yu / Rose
无间道正序版
2006
as Mary姐 （韩琛妻子）
Itchy Heart
2004
as Cheung Choi Bing