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Carina Lau
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.
Known For

Warriors of Future
as Colonel Tam Bing

2046
as Lulu / Mimi

Let the Bullets Fly
as Magistrate's wife

Armour of God
as Member of The Losers Band

Project A Part II
as Carina

Dynasty Warriors
as Master of the Sword Forge Castle

Days of Being Wild
as Leung Fung-ying

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
as 武则天

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
as 武则天

Infernal Affairs III
as Mary Hon