Karena Lam
Karena Lam is a Taiwanese Canadian actress and singer based in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
In October 1995, Lam released her debut album Karena. In 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards for her role in Zinnia Flower, making her the first person to have won all of the following three Golden Horse awards: Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer.
Early life and career
Lam was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to a father from Hong Kong and a Taiwanese-Japanese mother.Lam is a Hong Kong–based actress and winner of three Golden Horse Awards. Lam's first film was Sing Kei Lok Yeuk Kui
, a 1996 Adult Thriller film directed by Sam Ho Shu-Pui.
Lam is also an artist, curator and ambassador of Le French May.
As the curator of Le French May 2017 "Celebration of the Arts", she handpicked a selection of iconic French movies for this cinema programme. Exhibitions she curated include Inoue Yuichi Solo Exhibition 'Hana' and Watanabe Mayumi Solo Exhibition 'Send in the Clowns'.
Personal life
Lam married Yuen Kim Wai, an advertising director, in June 2010. Lam has two daughters, Kayla and Sofie. Lam and Yuen divorced in 2023.Discography
- Karena
- Unrequited Love
- Midinight PM 11:30
- ''Dating''
Filmography
Films
This is a partial list of films.| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Tiramisu | Jane Chan | |
| 2002 | Inner Senses | Cheung Yan | |
| 2002 | July Rhapsody | Choy-Lam | |
| 2003 | Heroic Duo | Brenda | |
| 2003 | Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat | Karena | |
| 2003 | The Floating Landscape | Maan | |
| 2004 | Six Strong Guys | Ding Ding | |
| 2004 | Super Model | Karena | |
| 2004 | Koma | Suen Ling | |
| 2005 | Home Sweet Home | Yim Hung | |
| 2005 | Mob Sister | Nova | |
| 2005 | It Had to Be You! | Jill | |
| 2007 | Anna & Anna | Anna/Siyu | |
| 2007 | Kidnap | Lam Hiu-yeung | |
| 2006 | Silk | Wei | |
| 2008 | Claustrophobia | Pearl | |
| 2008 | Candy Rain | Ricky | |
| 2008 | Fit Lover | Nie Bing | |
| 2008 | Happy Funeral | Cameo | |
| 2010 | Lover's Discourse | Nancy | |
| 2010 | Don Quixote | ||
| 2010 | Let the Wind Carry Me | ||
| 2015 | Dragon Blade | Karena | |
| 2015 | Keeper of Darkness | ||
| 2015 | Zinnia Flower | Min | |
| 2016 | Heaven in the Dark | Michelle Chan | |
| 2017 | The Liquidator | Wei Wei | |
| 2019 | Integrity | Shirley Kong | |
| 2019 | The White [Storm 2 - Drug Lords] | Fung | |
| 2019 | Declared Legally Dead | Ling | |
| 2021 | American Girl | Wang Li-li | |
| 2024 | Daughter's Daughter | Emma |