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Carina Lau
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.
As actor
Warriors of Future
Dynasty Warriors
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
The Great Detective
A City Called Macau
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
A Beautiful Moment
Asura
In Your Dreams
From Vegas to Macau III
Cairo Declaration
From Vegas to Macau II
Beijing Love Story
Bends
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
All's Well, End's Well 2011
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Let the Bullets Fly
Showtime
Ashes of Time Redux
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2046
Sex and the Beauties
Itchy Heart
Infernal Affairs II
Infernal Affairs III
1:99 Shorts
Mighty Baby
La Brassiere
Cop Shop Babes