Carina Lau

Carina Lau
Carina Lau
劉嘉玲
	Lau in 2018
Born	Liu Jialing; 8 December 1966 (age 57); Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater	Kiangsu-Chekiang College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Tony Leung (m. 2008)
	Musical career
Genres	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	EMI (1994–1996); Carina Lau Studio (present)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	劉嘉玲
Simplified Chinese	刘嘉玲
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Jiālíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Lau4 Gaa1-ling4

Carina Lau Kar-ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; 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.