Actor on record

Carina Lau

ActorChinese Cinema7 credits

51Star power

100th of 217 in Chinese Cinema

3 films led, $290M in reported gross.

Gross led: 49
Consistency: 50
Body of work: 57
Momentum: 41
Audience rating: 81

The biggest Chinese Cinema names

Born: 8 December 1966
Birthplace: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Nationality: China
Industry: Chinese Cinema

In their own file

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.

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The record

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2 of 7 credits have a verdict, together taking $55M. The biggest was Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame at $52M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.