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Karena Lam (Chinese: 林嘉欣; pinyin: Lín Jiāxīn; Cantonese Yale: Làm Gāyān; born 17 August 1978) is a Taiwanese Canadian actress and singer based in Hong Kong. In 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards for her role in Zinnia Flower, making her the first person ever to have won all of the following three Golden Horse awards: Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer.[1]

Karena Lam
Lam interviewed by am730 in 2019
Born	(1978-08-17) 17 August 1978 (age 44) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1996–present
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Best New Performer 2002 July Rhapsody Best Supporting Actress 2002 July Rhapsody Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Supporting Actress 2003 July Rhapsody Golden Horse Awards – Best New Performer 2002 July Rhapsody Best Supporting Actress 2002 July Rhapsody Best Actress 2015 Zinnia Flower
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	林嘉欣
Simplified Chinese	林嘉欣
Transcriptions

Early life

On 17 August 1978, Lam was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lam's father is from Hong Kong, while her mother is a Japanese–Chinese from Taiwan.[2][3]

Career

Lam is a Hong Kong-based actress and winner of three Golden Horse Awards. Lam's first film was Sing Kei Hok Yeuk Kui (Saturday Appointment), a 1996 Adult Thriller film directed by Sam Ho Shu-Pui.[2][3][4]

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).[3]

Personal life

Lam married Yuen Kim Wai, an advertising director, in June 2010.[5] Lam has two daughters, Kaya (b. 2010) and Sofie (b. 2013).[3][5]

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Tiramisu	Jane Chan	[2]
	Inner Senses	Cheung Yan	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress[2]
	July Rhapsody	Choy-Lam	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actress [2]
2003	Heroic Duo	Brenda
	Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat	Karena
	The Floating Landscape	Maan	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
2004	Six Strong Guys	Ding Ding
	Super Model	Karena
	Koma	Suen Ling	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
2005	Home Sweet Home	Yim Hung	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Mob Sister	Nova	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	It Had to Be You!	Jill
2007	Anna & Anna	Anna/Siyu
	Kidnap	Lam Hiu-yeung
2006	Silk	Wei
2008	Claustrophobia	Pearl	Ming Pao Anniversary Award for Outstanding Actress in Film Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
	Candy Rain	Ricky
	Fit Lover	Nie Bing
	Happy Funeral		Cameo
2010	Lover's Discourse	Nancy	Nominated – Ming Pao Anniversary Award for Outstanding Actress in Film
	Don Quixote
	Let the Wind Carry Me
2015	Dragon Blade	Karena
	Keeper of Darkness
	Zinnia Flower	Min	Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
2016	Heaven in the Dark	Michelle Chan	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress[6]
2017	The Liquidator	Wei Wei
2019	Integrity	Shirley Kong
	The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords	Fung
	Declared Legally Dead	Ling
2021	American Girl	Wang Li-li (Lily)	Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress

References

External links

• Karena Lam at IMDb
• Karena Lam at Chinesemov.com

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