Karena Lam
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]
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 Lam interviewed by am730 in 2019 | |||||||
| Born | 17 August 1978 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 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 林嘉欣 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林嘉欣 | ||||||
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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 is Sing Kei Hok Yeuk Kui (aka Saturday Apointment), 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. She is passionate in promoting art in Hong Kong and believes that every individual could connect with art in a very personal way. 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 has two children.[3]
Filmography
Films
This is a partial list of films.
References
- "Taiwan's Karena Lam wins Golden Horse best lead actress". The Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- "Interview Karena Lam". cinemasie.com. April 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "Actress Karena Lam is Living the Life Artistic". scmp.com. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020. archived
- "Karena Lam Ka-Yan". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "Hong Kong Film Awards: Stephen Chow's Record-Breaking 'The Mermaid' Picks Up 8 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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