Carina Lau
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu (劉).
| Carina Lau | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | 劉嘉玲 (Traditional) | |||||||||
| Chinese name | 刘嘉玲 (Simplified) | |||||||||
| Pinyin | liu2 jia1 ling2 (Mandarin) | |||||||||
| Jyutping | lau kar ling (Cantonese) | |||||||||
| Ancestry | Rongxian, Guangxi | |||||||||
| Born | December 8, 1965 Suzhou, China |
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| Occupation | actress, singer | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Mandopop | |||||||||
| Label(s) | EMI | |||||||||
| Partner(s) | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | |||||||||
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Carina Lau Kar-ling (born December 8, 1965 in Suzhou, China with family roots in Rongxian, Guangxi, China) is a Hong Kong actress. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films.[1]
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[edit] Personal
She has been in a long-term relationship with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai since 1989.
[edit] 2002 East Week magazine photo incident
In October 2002 naked pictures of Carina Lau were sold in East Week magazine owned by business entrepreneur Albert Yeung. Lau was supposedly kidnapped and raped by the triads in Hong Kong with the kidnapping supposedly taking place roughly in 1990, 12 years prior to the publication.[2] Local papers of Lau through Reuters news agency reported that she was kidnapped and viciously assaulted and gang raped, though a police report was not filed.[1] [3]
Massive protests and petitions were held by fellow Hong Kong entertainers.[2] Lau herself was applauded for participating in the protests. Nansun Shi, a fellow support actress speaking for Lau:
| “ | She said if this most regrettable incident has made the community aware of the importance of media ethics in our lives then what she has suffered does not really matter.[1] | ” |
The nude photos revealed the actress in distress. The local magazine was temporarily shutdown after the publication.[4] Many feared the media was taking desperate measures to attract readers.[1]
[edit] 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 Taiwan Dollars.[5]
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.[5]
Hong Kong actress Carina Lau was invited to be CEO because the company coveted her fame and influence. Carina told the media that because she was not that well educated, the decisions made by her might have some negative influence on the company.[5]
[edit] Filmography, as actress, includes
- Curiosity Kills the Cat (2006)
- Throw Down (2004)
- 2046 (2004)
- Itchy Heart (2004)
- Sex and the Beauties (2004)
- Infernal Affairs III (2003)
- Infernal Affairs II (2003)
- Mighty Baby (2002)
- La Brassiere (2001)
- Cop Shop Babes (2001)
- Love Generation Hong Kong (1998)
- Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
- Intimates (1997)
- Who's the Woman, Who's the Man (1996)
- Forbidden City Cop (1996)
- He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)
- Gigolo and Whore (1994)
- Ashes of Time (1994)
- C'est la vie, mon chéri (1994)
- Crazy Hong Kong (1993)
- Deadful Melody (1993)
- Rose, Rose, I Love You (1993)
- Lady Super Cop (1993)
- Lover of the Swindler (1993)
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
- Shadow Cop (1993)
- Legend of Prince (1993)
- He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (1993)
- Love on the Rooftops (1993)
- Lord of East China Sea 2 (1993)
- The Night Rider (1992)
- Lord of East China Sea (1992)
- Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 (1992)
- Love: Now You See It... Now You Don't (1992)
- Saviour of Souls (1992)
- Centre Stage (1992)
- City Warriors (1991)
- The Banquet (1991)
- Days of Being Wild (1991)
- Queen's Bench III (1990)
- She Shoots Straight (1990)
- Dragon Versus Phoenix (1990)
- My American Grandson (1990)
- Return of the Lucky Star (1989)
- China White (1989)
- Four Loves (1989)
- Her Beautiful Life Lies (1989)
- The Romancing Star II (1988)
- Four Lovers (1988)
- Profile of Pleasure (1988)
- Jackie Chan's Project A2 (1987)
- Rich and Famous 2 (1987)
- Rich and Famous (1987)
- Scared Stiff (1987)
- Armour of God (1987)
- Naughty Boys (1986)
- The Duke of Mount Deer (1984)
[edit] Filmography, as crew, includes
- Forbidden City Cop Costume Designer (1996)
[edit] Discography, as singer, includes
- 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)[6]
[edit] Awards, as actress, include
- Best Actress : Golden Bauhinia Awards (Ji Sor) (1998)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Edition.cnn. "Edition.cnn." Media shakeup after topless shots. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ a b Taipeitimes. "Taipeitimes." Journalism requires ethics: expert. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Channelnewsasia. "Channelnewsasia.com." HK celebrities protest secret filming of pop star. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ English sina. "English sina." Hong Kong police arrest suspect in connection with racy star photos case. Associated press. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ a b c Chinadaily. "Chinadaily." Carina Lau to be short-lived CEO. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Carinalaukl. "Carinaluakl." Carina Lau music. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
