Carina Lau
Carina Lau | |||||||||||
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劉嘉玲 | |||||||||||
Lau in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Born | Liu Jialing 8 December 1965 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kiangsu-Chekiang College | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1983–present | ||||||||||
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| Genres | Mandopop | ||||||||||
| Instrument | Vocals | ||||||||||
| Labels | EMI (1994–1996) Carina Lau Studio (present) | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉嘉玲 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘嘉玲 | ||||||||||
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Carina Lau Kar-ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; Jyutping: Lau4 Gaa1-ling4; born 8 December 1965) 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 known for her role as Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee film series. Lau's accolades include Best Actress awards 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).