Biography
Carina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She started her acting career at TVB, before achieving success with her girl-next-door roles in the 1980s' Hong Kong films. She is also known for her role as Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee film series. Lau won Best Actress at the Nantes Three Continents Festival for Days of Being Wild (1990), at the Golden Rooster Awards for Curiosity Kills the Cat (2006), and at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010).
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Awards & recognition
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong · 2025
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong · 2024
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong · 2023
Filmography27 titles
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Super Brain
Let the Bullets Fly
Infernal Affairs II
Center Stage
Days of Being Wild
2046
The Hand
Ashes of Time
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Project A 2
Armour of God
Warriors of Future
Infernal Affairs III
Forbidden City Cop
Flowers of Shanghai
Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame
China White
Rich and Famous
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Tragic Hero
Deadful Melody
Dynasty Warriors
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
All's Well, End's Well 2011
From Vegas to Macau III