Karena Lam
- Name: Karena Lam
- Native name: 林嘉欣
- Also Known as: Kar Yan Lam
- Nationality: Hong Konger
- Gender: Female
- Born: August 17, 1978
- Age: 45
Her father is from Hong Kong, while her mother is from Taiwan.
Karena was working at her Vancouver family restaurant when she was discovered by a talent scout from Taiwan in 1993, at age fifteen. The scout persuaded her to fly to Taiwan that Christmas, alone, for a singing audition in the hope of securing a professional contract. The audition was a success and she released two albums, her debut album in 1995 and her second album later in 1999. However both were met with modest success.
Her film debut in 2002 changed all this and propelled her to real stardom. Karena starred in three successful Hong Kong films in the same year, winning the awards of Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer for her role in July Rhapsody directed by Ann Hui (at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards) and for Inner Senses by Lo Chi Leung (at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards), gaining her recognition as a talented young actress and marking the start of her film career.
In recent months she has been taking on much more challenging roles, as witnessed in the 2005 horror film Home Sweet Home, where she plays an insane and horribly deformed "phantom" monster who kidnaps a boy from his genetic mother to claim as its own, and was nominated for major awards again.
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Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Pai Se Lien Chu
Taiwanese Drama, 2001, 20 eps
Yu Chien
(Main Role)
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0.0
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Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Beyond the Sin
Hong Kong Movie, 0000,
(Unknown)
|
0.0
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Customs Frontline
Hong Kong Movie, 2024,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Tales of Taipei
Taiwanese Movie, 2023,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul
Hong Kong Movie, 2023,
(Main Role)
|
6.4
|
Man on the Edge
Hong Kong Movie, 2022,
Ka Kei
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
Red Line
Taiwanese Movie, 2022,
(Guest Role)
|
6.7
|
American Girl
Taiwanese Movie, 2021,
Wang Li Li / "Lily"
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Legally Declared Dead
Hong Kong Movie, 2019,
Shum Chi Ling
(Main Role)
|
6.4
|
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Hong Kong Movie, 2019,
Chow Man Fung [Shun Tin's wife / Lawyer]
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
Integrity
Hong Kong Movie, 2019,
Kong Suet Yee
(Main Role)
|
6.4
|
The Liquidator
Chinese Movie, 2017,
Wei Wei
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
Heaven in the Dark
Hong Kong Movie, 2016,
Michelle
(Main Role)
|
7.8
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Keeper of Darkness
Hong Kong Movie, 2015,
Mother of Fai
(Guest Role)
|
7.2
|
Zinnia Flower
Taiwanese Movie, 2015,
Ming
(Main Role)
|
6.7
|
Dragon Blade
Chinese Movie, 2015,
Karena
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
Lover's Discourse
Hong Kong Movie, 2011,
Nancy
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
Don Quixote
Chinese Movie, 2010,
Sang Cui Hua (Dulcinea)
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Claustrophobia
Hong Kong Movie, 2009,
Pearl
(Main Role)
|
6.2
|
Fit Lover
Chinese Movie, 2008,
Nie Bing
(Main Role)
|
5.3
|
Candy Rain
Taiwanese Movie, 2008,
Ricky
(Main Role)
|
6.6
|
Happy Funeral
Hong Kong Movie, 2008,
Karena
(Support Role)
|
6.6
|
Anna & Anna
Hong Kong Movie, 2007,
Anna/Si Yu
(Main Role)
|
6.8
|
Silk
Taiwanese Movie, 2006,
Wei
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
Home Sweet Home
Hong Kong Movie, 2005,
Yim Hung
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
Mob Sister
Hong Kong Movie, 2005,
Nova
(Main Role)
|
6.4
|
It Had to Be You!
Hong Kong Movie, 2005,
Jill
(Main Role)
|
7.3
|
Super Model
Hong Kong Movie, 2004,
Karena
(Main Role)
|
6.9
|
Koma
Hong Kong Movie, 2004,
Suen Ling
(Main Role)
|
6.9
|
The Floating Landscape
Hong Kong Movie, 2003,
Maan
(Main Role)
|
7.2
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Heroic Duo
Hong Kong Movie, 2003,
Brenda
(Support Role)
|
6.1
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Tiramisu
Hong Kong Movie, 2002,
Jane Chan
(Main Role)
|
6.9
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Inner Senses
Hong Kong Movie, 2002,
Cheung Yan
(Main Role)
|
7.0
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July Rhapsody
Hong Kong Movie, 2002,
Choy Lam
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
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Do Did Eat Season 4
Hong Kong TV Show, 2020, 30 eps
(Guest)
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9.0
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Keep Running Season 5
Chinese TV Show, 2017, 13 eps
(Ep. 9)
(Guest)
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8.6
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