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.

Filmography

• 2026Kung Fu Soccer — Grandmaster
• CHEF of CHINA
• 2022Warriors of Future — Colonel Tam Bing
• 2021Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai' — Archival Footage
• 2021Dynasty Warriors — Master of the Sword Forge Castle
• 2021The Hand — Thanks
• Half a Lifelong Romance — Gu Manlu
• 2019A City Called Macau — Fei Jie
• 2019The Great Detective
• 2018A Beautiful Moment — Doctor Bo
• 2018Asura — Asura King, Head of Cunning
• 2018Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings — Wu Zetian
• The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
• 2017In Your Dreams — Mrs. Yip, Producer
• Roast
• 2016From Vegas to Macau III — Molly
• Trump Card
• Up Idol
• 2015Cairo Declaration
• 2015From Vegas to Macau II — Molly
• 2014Beijing Love Story — Jia Ling
• Keep Running
• Super Brain
• 我是演说家
• 2013Bends — Anna Li
• 2013Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon — Wu Zetian
• 最佳女主角
• 2013梅艳芳·10·思念·音乐·会
• Your Face Sounds Familiar — 观模嘉宾, 奥黛丽·赫本
• 2011All's Well, End's Well 2011 — Tai Mung-ni / Mona
• 2010Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame — Wu Zetian
• 2010Let the Bullets Fly — Magistrate's wife
• 2010Showtime
• 2008Ashes of Time Redux — 桃花
• 2006Curiosity Kills the Cat — Chian Yu / Rose
• 2006无间道正序版 — Mary姐 （韩琛妻子）
• 一江春水向东流 — Wang Lizhen/王丽珍
• 20042046 — Lulu / Mimi / Android
• 2004Itchy Heart — Cheung Choi Bing
• 2004Sex and the Beauties — Selina
• 20031:99 Shorts — (segment "A Glorious Future")
• 2003Infernal Affairs II — Mary
• 2003Infernal Affairs III — Mary Hon
• 恩情
• 2002Mighty Baby — Samantha
• 2001Cop Shop Babes — Mona Lui
• 2001La Brassiere — Samantha
• 多桑与红玫瑰 — Liu hui fang
• Showbiz Tycoon
• 1998Flowers of Shanghai — Pearl
• 1998Love Generation Hong Kong — Maggie
• 1997Intimates — Wan
• 1996Forbidden City Cop — Ling Kar Ting
• 1996Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? — Rose
• 1994Ashes of Time — Peach Blossom
• 1994Deadful Melody — Tam Yuet-Wah
• 1994He's a Woman, She's a Man — Rose
• 1993A Roof with a View
• 1993C'est La Vie Mon Cheri — Tracey
• 1993Crazy Hong Kong — Shirley Huang
• 1993He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father — Laura Watts
• 1993Lady Supercop — Wenine Chang Mi Hua
• 1993Lord Of East China Sea — Lao Liu
• 1993Lord Of East China Sea II — Lao Liu
• 1993Lover of the Swindler — Ling
• 1993No More Love No More Death — Jing Jing
• 1993Rose Rose I Love You
• 1993Shadow Cop — Witty
• 1993The Eagle Shooting Heroes — Zhou Botong
• 情场妙女郎
• Big Little Man
• 1992Girls Without Tomorrow — Hua
• 1992Now You See Love... Now You Don't — Susan Chong
• The Modern Love Story
• 1992The Night Rider — Laura
• 1992华纳十五周年金钻群星演唱会
• 1991Center Stage — Li Lili
• 1991Gigolo and Whore — Chung Siu-Hung
• 1991My American Grandson — Jiao Li
• 1991Saviour of the Soul — Pet Lady
• 1991The Banquet — Dancer / Woman at Dinner
• 1991The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars
• 佳人有约
• 1990Days of Being Wild — Leung Fung-ying
• 1990Queen's Bench III — Ms Chen
• 1990She Shoots Straight — Huang Chia-Ling
• When the Sun Shines
• 1989China White — Yen
• Fate In Our Hands
• 1989Four Loves — Cheng Hsiao-Chuan
• Here Comes A Hero
• 1989I Am Sorry — Carol Cheung
• Looking Back in Anger — Ni Chujun
• 1989Lucky Guys — Tam Wing Lin
• 1989Return of the Lucky Stars — Banana Tso
• The Shanghai Conspiracy
• 19887½ Detectives — Mrs. Koo
• Behind Silk Curtains
• 1988City Warriors — Mak Ying-ying
• 1988Heart to Hearts — Alex's Friend
• My Father's Son
• 1988Profiles of Pleasure — Miss Chu
• 1988The Romancing Star II — Fong Fong
• 柠檬丈夫 — 曾海恩
• Fate Takes A Hand
• Police Cadet 1988 — 张嘉汶
• 1987Project A - Part II — Carina
• 1987Rich and Famous — Lau Po Yee
• 1987Tragic Hero — Lau Po Yee
• 1986Armour of God — Member of The Losers (uncredited)
• 1986Naughty Boys — Bonnie
• The Feud of Two Brothers — Lin Yueming
• The Turbulent Decade
• Middle Aged Fancy
• Take Care Your Highness
• The Tough Fight
• The Yang's Saga — Princess Chai
• The Young Wanderer
• 皇上保重 (數碼修復版) — 孙福如
• Hero Without Tears - II
• Pau Kung
• Police Cadet — 張嘉汶 (Carmen) Cheung Ka Man
• Rainbow Round My Shoulder — 医护人员
• The Clones
• The Duke of Mount Deer — Fong Yee
• 鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版) — 方怡
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes — 華箏婢女
• Mystery Beyond
• 歷年TVB台慶經典回顧

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The Blooming Journey — Self
• Jia Ren Zi You Yue — Self
• 对照记 — Self