Carina Lau | |||||||||||
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劉嘉玲 | |||||||||||
 Lau in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Born | Liu Jialing 8 December 1966 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kiangsu-Chekiang College | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1983–present | ||||||||||
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| Musical career | |||||||||||
| 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; pinyin: Liú Jiālíng; born 8 December 1966) is a Hong Kong 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 Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards.
Her husband is Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Lau frequently appears in the Hong Kong fashion scene and is a patron of many charities.