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.
Filmography
all 43
Movies 41
self 2
TV Shows 2
Tales of Taipei (2023)
Tales From The Occult: Body and Soul (2023)
Red Line (2023)
Man on the Edge (2022)
American Girl (2021)
Bad Acting (2020)
Legally Declared Dead (2019)
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
Integrity (2019)
The Liquidator (2017)
Heaven in the Dark (2016)
Keeper of Darkness (2015)
Zinnia Flower (2015)
Dragon Blade (2015)
Lover's Discourse (2010)
Don Quixote (2010)
Let the Wind Carry Me (2009)
Fit Lover (2008)
Claustrophobia (2008)
Candy Rain (2008)
Happy Funeral (2008)
Anna & Anna (2007)
Kidnap (2007)
Silk (2006)
On the Road (Sr. 1) (2006)
Home Sweet Home (2005)
Mob Sister (2005)
It Had To Be You (2005)
Six Strong Guys (2004)
Super Model (2004)
Koma (2004)
Moon Wall (2004)
The Floating Landscape (2003)
Heroic Duo (2003)
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat (2003)
Inner Senses (2002)
Tiramisu (2002)
July Rhapsody (2002)
Saturday Date (1994)
Golden Horse Awards (1962)
Customs Frontline
Beyond the Sin
Worth the Wait
Ratings
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1978-08-17 (45 years old)
Birth PlaceVancouver, Canada
CitizenshipsChina
Also Known AsKarena Lam, Kar Yan Lam, Karena Lam Ka-Yan, 林嘉欣, 임가흔
AwardsGolden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
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