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Carina Lau

1965 - Today

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Carina Lau Kar-ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; born 8 December 1965) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She started her acting career at TVB, before achieving success with her girl-next-door roles in the 1980s' Hong Kong 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 won Best Actress at the Nantes Three Continents Festival for Days of Being Wild (1990), at the Golden Rooster Awards for Curiosity Kills the Cat (2006), and at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carina Lau is the 4,196th most popular actor (down from 3,660th in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from China (down from 850th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carina Lau ranks 4,196 out of 13,578. Before her are Linden Ashby, Maurizio Micheli, Natalia Bessmertnova, Pamela Tiffin, Audrey Fleurot, and Paul Naschy. After her are Dann Florek, David Chiang, Mark Boone Junior, Maribel Verdú, Yoshiko Kuga, and Renato Pozzetto.

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Among people born in 1965, Carina Lau ranks 206. Before her are Alan Cumming, Johan Museeuw, Aleqa Hammond, Sylvie Guillem, Sergi López, and Eugene Kaspersky. After her are Karin Kneissl, Ikue Ōtani, John Starks, Ruud Hesp, Steve Kerr, and Shirley Henderson.

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In China

Among people born in China, Carina Lau ranks 864 out of 1,610. Before her are Tang Jingsong (1841), Huang Hua (1913), Sam Hui (1948), Yu Rongguang (1958), Li Changchun (1944), and Wu Wenjun (1919). After her are David Chiang (1947), Tsai Chin (1933), Zhao Wei (1976), Yuen Ren Chao (1892), Liu Yunshan (1947), and Zhao Rukuo (1170).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Carina Lau ranks 39. Before her are Liu Yifei (1987), Wu Ma (1942), Leon Lai (1966), Jiang Wen (1963), Lisa Lu (1927), and Yu Rongguang (1958). After her are David Chiang (1947), Tsai Chin (1933), Zhao Wei (1976), Tang Wei (1979), Ching Siu-tung (1953), and Li Li-hua (1924).

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