28 Facts About Carina Lau

Carina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong actress and singer.

Carina Lau started her acting career at TVB, before achieving success with her girl-next-door roles in the 1980s' Hong Kong films.

Carina Lau plays Empress Wu Zetian in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee films, starting with Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame in 2010.

Carina Lau won Best Actress at the Nantes Three Continents Festival for Days of Being Wild, at the Golden Rooster Awards for Curiosity Kills the Cat, and at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.

Carina Lau's father, Carina Lau Gwai Ming, was born in Thailand on 1940.

Carina Lau's father returned to China in 1955 and with the help of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, he studied at a junior high school in Guangzhou and high school in Suzhou.

Carina Lau's father moved to Hong Kong in 1976, while Carina Lau moved to Hong Kong with her mother and brother in 1978, and joined TVB's acting class in 1983.

Carina Lau made her on-screen debut in TVB's The Clones where she starred opposite of her future husband, Tony Leung.

Carina Lau gained wider recognition after a series of appearances in successful drama series such as The Duke of Mount Deer and Police Cadet and skyrocketed to fame following her role as a wealthy heiress in one of Hong Kong's most-watched ever series, Looking Back in Anger.

Carina Lau was nominated at the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for her role in Her Beautiful Life Lies.

Carina Lau received acclaim for her role in Days of Being Wild, one of her many collaborations with film director Wong Kar-wai.

Carina Lau won rave reviews for her performances as unhappily-married Rose in the low-budget thriller Curiosity Kills the Cat and as Wu Zetian in the blockbuster Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which earned her a Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress and a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, respectively.

Carina Lau reprised her role as Wu Zetian in two Detective Dee prequels.

Carina Lau received a Best Actress nomination at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as a rich housewife abandoned by her husband in Bends.

In 2016, Carina Lau was one of the celebrities that appeared on the Chinese reality show Up Idol.

Carina Lau was executive president of Hong Kong's TVMART channel, but was replaced by the board after a loss of 40 million Taiwan Dollars.

Carina Lau told the media that because she had no education, the decisions made by her had some negative influences on the company.

Carina Lau was safely retrieved after two hours, and in 2008 revealed that she had been abducted by four men working for a triad boss who forced her to strip and took photos of her topless as punishment for refusing a film offer.

Carina Lau's first known relationship was with advertising executive Lee Lin-fu in 1983, when she was 18 and working at an advertising firm.

Carina Lau discovered Lee's marriage in the middle of their relationship.

In 1985, Carina Lau was rumored to have been in a secret relationship with actor Lam Chun-yin.

In 1986, Carina Lau began dating businessman Julian Hui, the grandson of shipping magnate Hui Oi-chow, after being introduced by actress Sandra Ng.

Since 1989, Carina Lau has been in a relationship with actor Tony Leung, following their collaboration in a Hong Kong stage production of Run For Your Wife.

In 1993, Carina Lau was linked to Hong Kong businessman Joseph Lo, and the two were photographed embracing and kissing on a street in Happy Valley late at night.

In 2000, Next Magazine reported that Carina Lau had begun a relationship with Lee Siu-man, the son of her former boyfriend, Lee Lin-fu.

In 2003, Leung and Carina Lau moved into a new residence in Leung's Mid-Levels property.

Carina Lau responded by saying that Leung was aware of the situation.

In 2013, Carina Lau appeared to put the rumors to rest by posting a photo of herself with Cheung on social media.