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劉嘉玲 | |||||||||||
 Lau in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Born | Liu Jialing 8 December 1965 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kiangsu-Chekiang College | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1983–present | ||||||||||
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| Musical career | |||||||||||
| Genres | Mandopop | ||||||||||
| Instrument | Vocals | ||||||||||
| Labels | EMI (1994–1996) Carina Lau Studio (present) | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉嘉玲 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘嘉玲 | ||||||||||
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Carina Lau Kar-ling (Chinese: 劉嘉玲; pinyin: Liú Jiālíng; 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).