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Karena Lam Kar-Yan
Actor

Karena Lam Kar-Yan

17 Aug 1978Born
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBirthplace

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.

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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

Filmography

  1. TBA1971Film
  2. 2026The SeasonSeries: Fiona Hext (6 episodes)
  3. 2025Worth the WaitFilm: Teresa
  4. 2025Beyond the SinFilm: Bo Kwan
  5. 2024Daughter's DaughterFilm: Emma
  6. 2024Tales of TaipeiFilm: Yu (segment "Breeder")
  7. 2024Customs FrontlineFilm: Athena Siu
  8. 2023Tales from the Occult: Body and SoulFilm
  9. 2023Red LineFilm: Wang Le's wife
  10. 2022Man on the EdgeFilm: Mrs Lam
  11. 2021American GirlFilm: Lily Wang
  12. 2020Bad ActingFilm
  13. 2019Legally Declared DeadFilm: Shum Chi Ling
  14. 2019The White Storm 2: Drug LordsFilm: Chow Man-fung
  15. 2019IntegrityFilm: Kong Suet Yee
  16. 2017The LiquidatorFilm: Wei Wei
  17. 2016Heaven in the DarkFilm: Michelle
  18. 2015Keeper of DarknessFilm: Fatt's Mother
  19. 2015Zinnia FlowerFilm: Ming
  20. 2015Dragon BladeFilm
  21. 2014Keep RunningSeries (1 episode)
  22. 2010Lover's DiscourseFilm: Nancy
  23. 2010Don QuixoteFilm: Sang Cuihua
  24. 2008Fit LoverFilm: Nie Bing
  25. 2008ClaustrophobiaFilm: Pearl
  26. 2008Candy RainFilm: Ricky
  27. 2008Happy FuneralFilm: Karena
  28. 2007Anna & AnnaFilm: Anna / Siyu
  29. 2007KidnapFilm: Lam Hiu Yeung
  30. 2006SilkFilm: Wei
  31. 2006On the Road (Sr. 1)Series (5 episodes)
  32. 2005Home Sweet HomeFilm: Yim Hung
  33. 2005Mob SisterFilm: Nova
  34. 2005It Had To Be YouFilm: Jill
  35. 2004Six Strong GuysFilm: 丁丁
  36. 2004Super ModelFilm: Inspector Karena Zhang
  37. 2004KomaFilm: Suen Ling
  38. 2004Moon WallFilm
  39. 2003The Floating LandscapeFilm: Maan
  40. 2003Heroic DuoFilm: Brenda
  41. 2003Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear FlatFilm: Karena
  42. 2002TiramisuFilm: Jane Chan
  43. 2002Inner SensesFilm: Cheung Yan
  44. 2002July RhapsodyFilm: Woo Choy-lam

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