Karena Lam Kar-Yan
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1978-08-17 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as
- Karena Lam · Kar Yan Lam · Karena Lam Ka-Yan · 林嘉欣 · 임가흔
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.
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (42)
1971
Super Model
2004
as Inspector Karena Zhang
Dragon Blade
2015
Beyond the Sin
2025
as Bo Kwan
Home Sweet Home
2005
as Yim Hung
The Liquidator
2017
as Wei Wei
Inner Senses
2002
as Cheung Yan
Happy Funeral
2008
as Karena
Legally Declared Dead
2019
as Shum Chi Ling
Integrity
2019
as Kong Suet Yee
Man on the Edge
2022
as Mrs Lam
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
2019
as Chow Man-fung
Heaven in the Dark
2016
as Michelle
Silk
2006
as Wei
Customs Frontline
2024
as Athena Siu
Fit Lover
2008
as Nie Bing
Keeper of Darkness
2015
as Fatt's Mother
July Rhapsody
2002
as Woo Choy-lam
The Floating Landscape
2003
as Maan
It Had To Be You
2005
as Jill
Let the Wind Carry Me
2009
as Self
Don Quixote
2010
as Sang Cuihua
Candy Rain
2008
as Ricky
Kidnap
2007
as Lam Hiu Yeung
Mob Sister
2005
as Nova
Tales of Taipei
2024
as Yu (segment "Breeder")
Red Line
2023
as Wang Le's wife
Lover's Discourse
2010
as Nancy
Worth the Wait
2025
as Teresa
Anna & Anna
2007
as Anna / Siyu
Heroic Duo
2003
as Brenda
Daughter's Daughter
2024
as Emma
American Girl
2021
as Lily Wang
Tiramisu
2002
as Jane Chan
Six Strong Guys
2004
as 丁丁
Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul
2023
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
2003
as Karena
Claustrophobia
2008
as Pearl
Koma
2004
as Suen Ling
Zinnia Flower
2015
as Ming
Moon Wall
2004
Bad Acting
2020
About Karena Lam Kar-Yan
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 f… With 46 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Karena Lam Kar-Yan has appeared in 42 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Karena Lam Kar-Yan Movies
- 1971
- Super Model (2004) — as Inspector Karena Zhang
- Dragon Blade (2015)
- Beyond the Sin (2025) — as Bo Kwan
- Home Sweet Home (2005) — as Yim Hung
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