劉嘉玲

简介

Carina Lau Ka Ling was born on 8 December 1965 in Suzhou, China, to a family of Thai-Chinese descent. Her paternal grandfather had moved to Thailand in 1935, and her father was a second-generation Thai-Chinese overseas who returned to China in 1955. She spent her childhood in Suzhou, where she learned traditional Chinese painting and drama, before relocating with her family to Hong Kong in 1978. She began her artistic career in 1982 by enrolling in the TVB Artist Training Program, graduating in 1983 to launch into acting. She gained fame through the TV series "Police Cadet" in 1984, then transitioned to film in 1986 with "The Magic Detective" alongside Jackie Chan. She achieved her first major international success in 1991 with "Days of Being Wild," winning Best Actress at the Nantes Three Continents Festival. She received the Golden Rooster Award for Best actress for "Curiosity Kills the Cat" in 2007, and culminated her career with the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Empress Wu Zetti in "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" in 2011. She also won the Bauhinia Gold Award for "Intimates" in 1998. She is considered one of the foremost stars of Hong Kong and Chinese cinema for over three decades.