
Karena Lam Kar-Yan
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1978-08-17
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Cast
Red Line
20235.8 / 10
American Girl
20216.6 / 10
Bad Acting
20200.0 / 10
Silk
20066.2 / 10
Beyond the Sin
20255.0 / 10
Koma
20045.3 / 10
Tiramisu
20024.4 / 10
Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul
20235.1 / 10
Anna & Anna
20076.5 / 10
Fit Lover
20083.2 / 10
It Had To Be You
20056.1 / 10
Lover's Discourse
20105.4 / 10
Heroic Duo
20035.2 / 10
Don Quixote
20104.5 / 10
Dragon Blade
20156.4 / 10
July Rhapsody
20026.5 / 10
Inner Senses
20025.8 / 10
Worth the Wait
20250.0 / 10
Man on the Edge
20225.2 / 10
Kidnap
20074.9 / 10
Mob Sister
20054.6 / 10
Super Model
20046.4 / 10
Tales of Taipei
20240.0 / 10
Home Sweet Home
20055.7 / 10
Candy Rain
20084.3 / 10
The Floating Landscape
20035.9 / 10
Claustrophobia
20084.8 / 10
Customs Frontline
20245.2 / 10
Moon Wall
20040.0 / 10
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
20036.3 / 10
Zinnia Flower
20155.0 / 10
Daughter's Daughter
20247.5 / 10
Happy Funeral
20084.5 / 10
Keeper of Darkness
20155.7 / 10
Heaven in the Dark
20165.9 / 10
Let the Wind Carry Me
20096.4 / 10
The Liquidator
20175.3 / 10
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
20196.5 / 10
Integrity
20195.2 / 10
Legally Declared Dead
20196.4 / 10
Six Strong Guys
20044.8 / 10