Carina Lau

Carina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong . She was especially notable in the 1980s for her type roles in films.

Biography

Lau was born in Suzhou, China in 1965. She emigrated to Hong Kong at the age of fifteen, and joined TVB 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 , 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 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. 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 is currently the CEO of Hong Kong's TVMART channel. Since being appointed as executive president, she is not expected to continue as CEO for longer than seven months, due to a loss of 40 million .

As for the reasons of the company's downward operation, Hong Kong residents are not used to shopping via television and also, the shopping channel invited hosts from the serious news channel, two of which made it a failure. It was believed that the man behind the kidnapping is a show business entrepreneur 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 boss, as "punishment" for having refused a film offer.

2002 East Week magazine photo incident

In October 2002 naked pictures of Carina Lau were published in East Week magazine. Lau's kidnapping supposedly took place roughly 12 years earlier.

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.

Filmography, as actress, includes

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* ''Throw Down''
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* ''Itchy Heart''
* ''Sex and the Beauties''
* ''Infernal Affairs III''
* ''Infernal Affairs II''
* ''Mighty Baby''
* ''La Brassiere''
* ''Cop Shop Babes''
* ''Love Generation Hong Kong''
* ''Flowers of Shanghai''
* ''Intimates''
* ''Who's the Woman, Who's the Man''
* ''Forbidden City Cop''
* ''He's a Woman, She's a Man''
* ''Gigolo and Whore''
* ''Ashes of Time''
* ''C'est la vie, mon chéri''
* ''Crazy Hong Kong''
* ''Deadful Melody''
* ''Rose, Rose, I Love You''
* ''Lady Super Cop''
* ''Lover of the Swindler''
* ''The Eagle Shooting Heroes''
* ''Shadow Cop''
* ''Legend of Prince''
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* ''Love on the Rooftops''
* ''Lord of East China Sea 2''
* ''The Night Rider''
* ''Lord of East China Sea''
* ''Girls Without Tomorrow 1992''
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* ''Saviour of Souls''
* ''Centre Stage''
* ''City Warriors''
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* ''Days of Being Wild''
* ''Queen's Bench III''
* ''She Shoots Straight''
* ''Dragon Versus Phoenix''
* ''My American Grandson''
* ''Looking Back In Anger''
* ''Return of the Lucky Star''
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* ''Four Loves''
* ''Her Beautiful Life Lies''
* ''The Romancing Star II''
* ''Four Lovers''
* ''Profile of Pleasure''
* ''Jackie Chan's Project A2''
* ''Rich and Famous 2''
* ''Rich and Famous''
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* ''Armour of God''
* ''Naughty Boys''
* ''The Duke of Mount Deer''

Filmography, as crew, includes

* ''Forbidden City Cop'' Costume Designer

Discography, as singer, includes

* ''My Real Love 真情流露 ''
* ''Believe in Love 相信愛情''
* ''Cooling Love 情冷卻''
* ''Sadly & the Rose 《無免怨嗟》—電視劇《多桑與紅玫瑰》主題歌 ''

Awards, as actress, include

* ''Best Actress : Golden Bauhinia Awards ''