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.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Filmography
- 4.1 Films
- 5 References
- 6 External links
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 *anese–Chinese from Taiwan.
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.
Lam is also an artist, curator and amb*ador 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 p*ionate 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).
Personal life
Lam married Yuen Kim Wai, an advertising director, in June 2010. Lam has two daughters, Kaya (b. 2010) and Sofie (b. 2013).
Filmography
Films
This is a partial list of films.
References
External links
- Karena Lam at IMDb
- Karena Lam at Chinesemov.com