Karena Lam
(Lam Ka Yan, Lin Jia Xin, Karena Lin)
Actress, Singer
Born: August 17, 1978 Languages: Chinese, English
Though she released albums in 1995 and 1999, it wasn't until her film debut in 2002 that
Canadian Karena Lam Ka Yan truly became a star. Her role in Ann Hui's July Rhapsody,
depicting a teacher-student relationship with Jacky Cheung, won her Best New Performer
and Best Supporting Actress Awards in both Hong Kong and at Taiwan's even more prestigious
Golden Horse Awards. The consensus was clear: Karena rocks.
The same year, Karena played a dancer who shares a doomed romance with Nicholas Tse
in Dante Lam's Tiramisu.
She followed up with her third pairing with a Cantopop superstar- playing aside Hong Kong
veteran Leslie Cheung in the psychological thriller Inner Senses. Her role as a girl who
sees ghosts earned her another HKFA Best Supporting Actress nomination, in what was
to become Leslie Cheung's final film.
Other than movies, Karena has also starred in TV projects in Hong Kong and Taiwan, been
a World Cup soccer correspondent for HK cable, worked as a VJ for MTV China, and
collaborated with Aaron Kwok on a HK radio drama.
Karena
Lam Filmography
2002 |
July Rhapsody |
2002 | Tiramisu |
2002 | Inner Senses |
2003 | Heroic Duo |
2003 | Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat |
2003 | The Floating Landscape |
2004 | Koma |
2004 | Super Model |
2004 | Six Strong Guys |
2005 | It Had To Be You |
Karena
Lam TV Credits
2002 |
True Love |
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best New Performer Award- Karena Lam
2002 July Rhapsody
Best Supporting Actress Awards- Karena Lam
2002 July Rhapsody
Best Supporting Actress Nominations- Karena Lam
2003 Inner Senses
Best Actress Nominations- Karena Lam
2004 The Floating Landscape
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