Karena Lam

Karena Lam (; born 17 August 1978) is a Taiwanese Canadian actress and singer based in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

In October 1995, Lam released her debut album Karena (有點想). 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 (Saturday Appointment), 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' (at agnes b.'s LIBRAIRIE GALERIE, Hong Kong) and Watanabe Mayumi Solo Exhibition 'Send in the Clowns' (Librairie Galerie at K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong). Lam has two daughters, Kayla (b. 2010) and Sofie (b. 2013).

Discography Karena (1995) Unrequited Love (1999) Midinight PM 11:30 (2003) Dating (2004)

Filmography Films This is a partial list of films. Year Title Role Notes/ 2002 Tiramisu Jane Chan 2017 The Liquidator Wei Wei 2019 Integrity Shirley Kong The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords Fung Declared Legally DeadLing2021 American Girl Wang Li-li (Lily) 2024 Daughter's Daughter Emma Customs Frontline Athena Siu

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