Karena Lam Kar-yan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 17, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
1971
Movie
Our Child
Movie · as Madam "Sarah"
The Season
TV · as Fiona Hext · 6 eps
Beyond the Sin
Movie · as Bo Kwan
Worth the Wait
Movie · as Teresa
Tales of Taipei
Movie · as Yu (segment "Breeder")
Customs Frontline
Movie · as Athena Siu
Daughter's Daughter
Movie · as Emma
Red Line
Movie · as Wang Le's wife
Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul
Movie
Man on the Edge
Movie · as Mrs Lam
American Girl
Movie · as Lily Wang
Bad Acting
Movie
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Movie · as Chow Man-fung
Integrity
Movie · as Kong Suet Yee
Legally Declared Dead
Movie · as Shum Chi Ling
The Liquidator
Movie · as Wei Wei
Heaven in the Dark
Movie · as Michelle
Dragon Blade
Movie
Zinnia Flower
Movie · as Ming
Keeper of Darkness
Movie · as Fatt's Mother
Keep Running
TV · 1 ep
Lover's Discourse
Movie · as Nancy
Don Quixote
Movie · as Sang Cuihua
Let the Wind Carry Me
Movie · as Self
Fit Lover
Movie · as Nie Bing
Candy Rain
Movie · as Ricky
Claustrophobia
Movie · as Pearl
Happy Funeral
Movie · as Karena
Anna & Anna
Movie · as Anna / Siyu
Kidnap
Movie · as Lam Hiu Yeung
Silk
Movie · as Wei
On the Road (Sr. 1)
TV · 5 eps
It Had To Be You
Movie · as Jill
Mob Sister
Movie · as Nova
Home Sweet Home
Movie · as Yim Hung
Koma
Movie · as Suen Ling
Super Model
Movie · as Inspector Karena Zhang
Moon Wall
Movie
Six Strong Guys
Movie · as 丁丁
Heroic Duo
Movie · as Brenda
The Floating Landscape
Movie · as Maan
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
Movie · as Karena
Tiramisu
Movie · as Jane Chan
July Rhapsody
Movie · as Woo Choy-lam
Inner Senses
Movie · as Cheung Yan
Golden Horse Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps