Biography

Lau was born in Suzhou, China, in 1965. She emigrated to Hong Kong at the age of fifteen, and joined TVB's acting classes.

She has been in a relationship with Tony Leung Chiu-wai since 1989. The couple married on 21 July 2008 at the Uma Paro resort in Bhutan in front of about 100 guests. According to Ming Pao Daily News, Faye Wong took the couple to India to visit the 17th Karmapa, together with her husband, actor Li Yapeng. They had an audience with the Karmapa, who suggested Bhutan as a wedding venue. The wedding itself cost more than HK$30 million and Lau's 12-carat (2.4 g) Cartier wedding ring is worth over HK$10 million. They have been a celebrity couple for 19 years. Guests included singer Faye Wong who performed for them on their special day. Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai also directed the ceremony. They were introduced to Bhutanese royalty by fellow actor Eric Tsang. Other guests include Stanley Kwan and Brigitte Lin. The hotel was also heavily guarded to keep the paparazzi away.

The wedding created a media frenzy in Hong Kong, with companies spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to pursue the wedding party.

TVMART

She was executive president of Hong Kong's TVMART channel, but was replaced by the board after a loss of 40 million Taiwan Dollars. She told the media that because she had no education, the decisions made by her had some negative influences on the company.

Incidents

1990 abduction

In 1990, during the filming of Days of Being Wild, Lau was abducted for several hours, and topless photos of her were taken. At the time, local papers, through Reuters news agency, reported that Lau was kidnapped, though a police report was not filed. It was believed that the man behind the kidnapping is Albert Yeung, a successful businessman with whom Lau was having a financial dispute. Leung has said that Lau never wanted to talk about what happened in those missing hours with anyone, including him.

Lau revealed in 2008 that she was abducted by four men working for a triad boss, as "punishment" for having refused a film offer. She said that she had not been taken advantage of during her two-hour ordeal.

2002 East Week magazine photo incident

Naked pictures of Carina Lau were published in the 30 October 2002 edition of East Week (magazine), years after Lau was kidnapped by triads who punished her for refusing to take part in a film they were funding.

The nude photos revealed the actress in distress. Massive protests and petitions were held by fellow Hong Kong entertainers, and media ethics by Hong Kong tabloids and gossip magazines were questioned. The magazine was shut down in November 2002, only to be resumed in late 2003. Mong, the publisher of the photo who is 52 years old as of 2009, received a 5-month jail sentence after pleading guilty in December 2008 to publishing obscene photos. Mong now lives in Beijing.

Filmography

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Duke of Mount Deer	Fong Yee
	Police Cadet	Cheung Ka-man
1985	Take Care, Your Highness!	Suen Fuk-yu
	The Yang's Saga	Princess Chai
1986	Naughty Boys
1987	Project A Part II	Carina
	Rich and Famous	Lau Po-yee
	Tragic Hero	Lau Po-yee
	Scared Stiff
	Armour of God	Lorelei
1988	The Romancing Star II	Fong Fong
	Four Lovers
	Profile of Pleasure	Miss Chu
1989	Looking Back In Anger	Sandy Ngai Chor-gwun
	Return of the Lucky Stars	Banana Tso
	China White	Yin-hung
	Four Loves	Siu-guen
	Her Beautiful Life Lies	Carole Chang	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1990	Queen's Bench III	Ms. Chen
	She Shoots Straight	Huang Cha-ling
	Dragon Versus Phoenix
	My American Grandson	Jiao Li
1991	City Warriors	Mak Ying-yang
	The Banquet	Woman at dinner
	Days of Being Wild	Mimi/Lulu	Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Three Continents Festival Award for Best Actress
	Saviour of the Soul	Madam of Pets
1992	The Night Rider	Laura
	Lord of East China Sea	Ms. Liu
	Girls Without Tomorrow 1992	Wa
	Love: Now You See It... Now You Don't	Susan Chong
	Centre Stage	Li Lili
1993	Kung Fu Cult Master
	Crazy Hong Kong	Shirley
	Deadful Melody	Tan Yuehua
	Rose Rose I Love You	Pearl Chan/White Rose
	Lady Super Cop	Wenine Chang Mi-hua
	Lover of the Swindler	Ling
	The Eagle Shooting Heroes	Zhou Botong
	Shadow Cop	Witty
	No More Love, No More Death	Ching-ching
	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father	Laura Watt
	Love on the Rooftops	Cameo (flat buyer)
	Lord of East China Sea 2	Ms. Liu
1994	He's a Woman, She's a Man	Rose
	Gigolo and Whore	Chung Siu-hung	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Ashes of Time	Peach Blossom
	C'est la vie, mon chéri	Tracy
1996	Who's the Woman, Who's the Man	Rose
	Forbidden City Cop	Kar-ling
1997	Intimates	Wan	Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1998	Love Generation Hong Kong	Maggie
	Flowers of Shanghai	Pearl
2000	Showbiz Tycoon	Lui Mung-wah
2001	La Brassiere	Samantha
	Cop Shop Babes	Mona Lui
2002	Mighty Baby	Samantha
2003	Infernal Affairs II	Mary	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Infernal Affairs III	Mary
2004	2046	Mimi/Lulu, 2046 android
	Itchy Heart	Bing
	Sex and the Beauties	Selina
2006	Curiosity Kills the Cat	Rose Feng	Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress
2010	Showtime
	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	Wu Zetian	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Let the Bullets Fly		Nominated - Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011	All's Well, Ends Well 2011	Mona Tai
2013	Bends	Anna	Osaka Asian Film Festival Award for Best Actress
	Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon	Wu Zetian	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014	Beijing Love Story	Jia Ling
2015	From Vegas to Macau II	Molly
	Cairo Declaration	Soong Mei-ling
2016	From Vegas to Macau III	Molly	Filming

As crew

• Forbidden City Cop Costume Designer (1996)

Discography

• My Real Love 真情流露 (Mandarin with Tony Leung) (1994)
• Believe in Love 相信愛情 (1995?)
• Cooling Love 情冷卻 (1999)
• Sadly & the Rose 《無免怨嗟》—電視劇《多桑與紅玫瑰》主題歌 (TV Soundtrack with Anita Mui) (2001)

Awards

• Best Actress : Golden Bauhinia Awards (Ji Sor) (2008)

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