Acting credits
131
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Carina Lau
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.7
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Movies: 82Series: 50Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 12672
IMDb ID: nm0490500
Known for: Acting
Born: December 8, 1966
Age: 59
Place of birth: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2026
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q706219
Also known as
Jialing Liu • Carina Liu • Lau Ka Ling • Kar-Ling Lau • Carina Lau Kar-ling • Jia-Ling Liu • Carina Lau Ka Ling • Carina Lau Ka-Ling • Lưu Gia Linh • کارینا لاو کار-لینگ • +1 more
Other jobs
Producer (1)Thanks (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Carina Lau.
Kung Fu Soccer
as Grandmaster
2026 Movie
Warriors of Future
as Colonel Tam Bing
2022 Movie
The Hand
Thanks
2021 Movie
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
as Archival Footage
2021 Movie
Dynasty Warriors
as Master of the Sword Forge Castle
2021 Movie
A City Called Macau
as Fei Jie
2019 Movie
The Great Detective
2019 Movie
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
as Wu Zetian
2018 Movie
Asura
as Asura King, Head of Cunning
2018 Movie
A Beautiful Moment
as Doctor Bo
2018 Movie
In Your Dreams
as Mrs. Yip
2017 Movie
From Vegas to Macau III
as Molly
2016 Movie
Cairo Declaration
2015 Movie
From Vegas to Macau II
as Molly
2015 Movie
Beijing Love Story
as Jia Ling
2014 Movie
梅艳芳·10·思念·音乐·会
2013 Movie
Bends
as Anna Li
2013 Movie
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
as Wu Zetian
2013 Movie
All's Well, End's Well 2011
as Tai Mung-ni / Mona
2011 Movie
Let the Bullets Fly
as Magistrate's wife
2010 Movie
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
as Wu Zetian
2010 Movie
Showtime
2010 Movie
Ashes of Time Redux
as 桃花
2008 Movie
Curiosity Kills the Cat
as Chian Yu / Rose
2006 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Carina Lau.
CHEF of CHINA
2 eps
2025 Series
The Blooming Journey
as Self • 30 eps
2025 Series
Jia Ren Zi You Yue
as Self • 12 eps
2024 Series
对照记
as Self • 6 eps
2021 Series
Half a Lifelong Romance
as Gu Manlu • 48 eps
2020 Series
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2 eps
2018 Series
Roast
1 eps
2017 Series
Up Idol
12 eps
2016 Series
Trump Card
2 eps
2016 Series
Keep Running
1 eps
2014 Series
我是演说家
19 eps
2014 Series
Super Brain
1 eps
2014 Series
最佳女主角
4 eps
2013 Series
Your Face Sounds Familiar
as 观模嘉宾 • 1 eps
2012 Series
一江春水向东流
as Wang Lizhen/王丽珍 • 30 eps
2005 Series
恩情
26 eps
2003 Series
多桑与红玫瑰
as Liu hui fang • 54 eps
2001 Series
Showbiz Tycoon
67 eps
2000 Series
情场妙女郎
9 eps
1993 Series
The Modern Love Story
1 eps
1992 Series
Big Little Man
13 eps
1992 Series
佳人有约
13 eps
1991 Series
When the Sun Shines
150 eps
1990 Series
Fate In Our Hands
5 eps
1989 Series