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Chinese name
  
劉嘉玲 (traditional)

Name
  
Carina Lau

Chinese name
  
刘嘉玲 (simplified)

Role
  
Actress


Pinyin
  
Liu Jialing (Mandarin)

Genres
  
Origin
  
Hong Kong

Record label
  
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Jyutping
  
Lau4 Gaa1-ling4 (Cantonese)

Ancestry
  
Rong County, Yulin, Guangxi

Spouse
  
Awards
  
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress

Movies
  
Detective Dee and the Myste, Bends, From Vegas to Macau II, Let the Bullets Fly, 2046

Similar People
  
Tony Leung Chiu‑wai, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Faye Wong, Andy Lau

Profiles

Carina Lau, Qi Qi, Angelica Lee and Kaori Momoi give photocall


Carina Lau Kar-ling (born 8 December 1965) is a Chinese actress and singer. She holds citizenship from China (Hong Kong) and Canada. Lau started her acting career in TVB, before going on to achieve success in films. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films.

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Biography

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Lau was born in Suzhou, China, in 1965. She moved to Hong Kong at the age of fifteen, and joined TVB's acting classes.

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She has been in a relationship with Tony Leung Chiu-wai since 1989. The couple married on 21 July 2008 at the Uma Paro resort in Bhutan. The wedding itself cost more than HK$30 million and Lau's 12-carat (2.4 g) Cartier wedding ring is worth over HK$10 million. Guests included singer Faye Wong who performed for them on their special day. Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai also directed the ceremony. The wedding created a media frenzy in Hong Kong, with companies spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to pursue the wedding party.

Career

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Lau made her on-screen debut in The Duke of Mount Deer (1984). She skyrocketed to fame following her role as a wealthy heiress in one of Hong Kong's most-watched ever series, Looking Back in Anger (1989).

Lau then expanded to films. She was nominated at the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for her role in Her Beautiful Life Lies (1989). She received acclaim for her role in Days of Being Wild (1991), one of her many collaborations with film director Wong Kar-wai. Despite being embroiled in tabloid scandals, Lau's impressive turn as vivacious cabaret dancer in the film put the focus back onto her talent. She continued to showcase her versatility with impressive performances in martial arts epic Saviour of the Soul (1991), biopic Center Stage (1992), cross-dressing comedy He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994) and offbeat romance Gigolo and Whore (1994). Following parts in the wuxia classic Ashes of Time (1994) and James Bond pastiche Forbidden City Cop (1997), Lau once again attracted the attention of various awards juries with her measured portrayals of bisexual silk factory owner Wan in Intimates (1997) and a prostitute in 19th Century epic Flowers of Shanghai (1998).

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Her roles as Hon Sam's wife in the two Infernal Affairs sequels and an android in Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004) further increased Lau's international recognition. Lau then stepped in the shoes of Sarah Jessica Parker for the Hong Kong version of Sex and the City, named Sex and the Beauties (2004). She won rave reviews for her performances as unhappily-married Rose in the low-budget thriller Curiosity Kills the Cat (2006) and as Wu Zetian in the blockbuster Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010). She received a Best Actress nomination at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as a rich housewife abandoned by her husband in Bends (2013).

Other activities

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She was executive president of Hong Kong's TVMART channel, but was replaced by the board after a loss of 40 million Taiwan Dollars. She told the media that because she had no education, the decisions made by her had some negative influences on the company.

1990 abduction

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In 1990, during the filming of Days of Being Wild, Lau was abducted for several hours, and topless photos of her were taken. At the time, local papers, through Reuters news agency, reported that Lau was kidnapped, though a police report was not filed. It was believed that the man behind the kidnapping is Albert Yeung, a successful businessman with whom Lau was having a financial dispute. Leung has said that Lau never wanted to talk about what happened in those missing hours with anyone, including him.

Lau revealed in 2008 that she was abducted by four men working for a triad boss, as "punishment" for having refused a film offer. She said that she had not been taken advantage of during her two-hour ordeal.

2002 East Week magazine photo incident

Naked pictures of Carina Lau were published in the 30 October 2002 edition of East Week (magazine), years after Lau was kidnapped by triads who punished her for refusing to take part in a film they were funding.

The nude photos revealed the actress in distress. Massive protests and petitions were held by fellow Hong Kong entertainers, and media ethics by Hong Kong tabloids and gossip magazines were questioned. The magazine was shut down in November 2002, only to be resumed in late 2003. Mong, the publisher of the photo who is 52 years old as of 2009, received a 5-month jail sentence after pleading guilty in December 2008 to publishing obscene photos. Mong now lives in Beijing.

Filmography

Actress
2022
Warriors of Future as
Tam Bing
2021
Dynasty Warriors as
Master of the Sword Forge Castle
2019
Ban Sheng Yuan (TV Series) as
Gu Man Lu
- Episode #1.1 - Gu Man Lu
2019
A City Called Macau as
Sister Faye
2018
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings as
Wu Zetian
2018
Asura as
Asura King, Head of Cunning
2018
Ngo dik ching dik nui sai as
Doctor.Bo
2017
Yi ching chun dik ming yi
2016
From Vegas to Macau III as
Molly
2015
Cairo Declaration as
Soong Mei-ling
2015
From Vegas to Macau II as
Molly
2014
Beijing Love Story as
Jia Lin
2013
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon as
Wu Zetian
2013
Bends as
Anna
2011
All's Well, Ends Well 2011 as
Mona
2010
Let the Bullets Fly as
Mrs. Ma
2010
Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame as
Empress Wu Zetian
2010
Showtime
2006
Hao qi hai si mao as
Chian'yu (Mrs. Zheng)
2004
2046 as
Lulu / Mimi / Android
2004
Itchy Heart as
Bing
2004
Sex and the Beauties as
Selina
2003
Infernal Affairs III as
Mary Hon
2003
Infernal Affairs II as
Mary Hon
2002
Mighty Baby as
Samantha
2001
La Brassiere as
Samantha
2001
Cop Shop Babes as
Mona Lui
1998
Love Generation Hong Kong as
Maggie
1998
Flowers of Shanghai as
Pearl (as Carina Lau Ka-ling)
1997
Intimates as
Yu Huan
1996
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man as
Rose
1996
Forbidden City Cop as
Kar-Ling (as Lau Ka Ling)
1994
Ashes of Time as
Peach Blossom
1994
He's a Woman, She's a Man as
Rose
1994
Deadly Melody as
Tam Yuet-Wah
1993
Kung Fu Cult Master as
No-mercy
1993
He Ain't Heavy... He's My Father as
Laura Watt
1993
C'est la vie, mon chéri as
Tracy
1993
Nu er dang zi qiang as
Wenine Chang Mi-Hua
1993
Tian tai de yue guang as
Flat buyer (Cameo appearance)
1993
Qian wang qing ren as
Ling
1993
Crazy Hong Kong as
Shirley (as Carina Lau Kar Ling)
1993
Lord of East China Sea II as
Ms. Liu
1993
No More Love No More Death as
Ching-Ching
1993
Rose Rose I Love You as
Pearl Chan / White Rose
1993
The Eagle Shooting Heroes as
Chou Po-tung
1993
Lord of East China Sea as
Ms. Liu
1993
Shen tan gan shi lu as
Witty
1992
Girls Without Tomorrow as
Wa
1992
The Night Rider as
Laura
1992
Now You See It, Now You Don't as
Susan Chong
1991
Saviour of the Soul as
Pet Lady
1991
The Banquet as
Dancer / Woman at Dinner
1991
Center Stage as
Lily Li / Self
1991
Shanghai jiaqi as
Jiao Li
1991
Gigolo and Whore as
Chung Siu-Hung
1990
Days of Being Wild as
Leung Fung-ying
1990
Gu huo da lu shi as
Ms. Chen
1990
Licence to Steal
1990
She Shoots Straight as
Huang Chia-Ling
1989
Hong Kong wun hei see (TV Series)
1989
Gwang tin lung fo wooi as
Yen (Hong Kong version only)
1989
Shuo huang de nu ren as
Carole Chang
1989
Return of the Lucky Stars as
Banana
1989
Yee but yung ching (TV Series) as
Ngai Chor-kwan
1989
Four Loves as
Siu Guen
1989
Fu xing lin men
1988
Police Cadet III (TV Series) as
Cheung Ka Man
1988
Si qian jin
1988
City Warriors as
Mak Ying-Yang
1988
Heart to Hearts
1988
Chou tan qi ge ban
1988
Profiles of Pleasure as
Miss Chu
1988
Jing zhuong zhui nu zi zhi er as
Fong Fong
1987
Project A 2 as
Beattie
1987
Rich and Famous as
Lau Po Yee (as Lau Ka-Ling)
1987
Tragic Hero as
Lau Po Yee
1986
The Turbulent Decade (TV Series) as
Tung Yi-Ling
1986
Armour of God as
Loser's Band Singer
1986
Naughty Boys as
Bonnie
1986
Lau man dai hung (TV Series) as
Tse Yuet-ming
1985
Police Cadet II (TV Series) as
Cheung Ka Mun
1985
The Battle Among the Clans (TV Series)
1985
The Yangs' Saga (TV Series) as
Princess Chai
1984
The Duke of Mount Deer (TV Series) as
Fong Yi
1984
San jaat si hing (TV Series) as
Cheung Ka Man
Producer
2017
Yi ching chun dik ming yi (producer)
Thanks
2004
The Hand (special thanks - as Carina Lau Ka Ling)
2004
Eros (special thanks - segment "The Hand", as Carina Lau Ka Ling)
Self
2018
Roast (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.7 (2018) - Self
2017
Running Man (TV Series) as
Self
- Xiao Cheng Da Shi (2017) - Self (as Liu Jialing)
2016
Up Idol (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.1 (2016) - Self
2016
Yi lu shang you ni (TV Series) as
Self
- Ai yu he xie (2016) - Self
2010
A Date with Luyu (TV Series) as
Self
- Liu Jialing: Zhi hui nü ren (2010) - Self

References

Carina Lau Wikipedia


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