Karena Lam Kar-Yan
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 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 Acting
Most Rating 6.304
Birthday 1978-08-17
Place of Birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Also Known As Karena Lam, Kar Yan Lam, Karena Lam Ka-Yan, 林嘉欣, 임가흔,
Red Line
2023

Red Line

American Girl
2021

American Girl

Bad Acting
2020

Bad Acting

Silk
2006

Silk

Beyond the Sin

Beyond the Sin

Koma
2004

Koma

Tiramisu
2002

Tiramisu

Tales From The Occult: Body and Soul
2023

Tales From The Occult: Body and Soul

Anna & Anna
2007

Anna & Anna

Fit Lover
2008

Fit Lover

Lover's Discourse
2010

Lover's Discourse

It Had To Be You
2005

It Had To Be You

Heroic Duo
2003

Heroic Duo

Don Quixote
2010

Don Quixote

Dragon Blade
2015

Dragon Blade

July Rhapsody
2002

July Rhapsody

Inner Senses
2002

Inner Senses

Worth the Wait

Worth the Wait

Man on the Edge
2022

Man on the Edge

Kidnap
2007

Kidnap

Mob Sister
2005

Mob Sister

Super Model
2004

Super Model

Tales of Taipei
2024

Tales of Taipei

Claustrophobia
2008

Claustrophobia

Home Sweet Home
2005

Home Sweet Home

Candy Rain
2008

Candy Rain

The Floating Landscape
2003

The Floating Landscape

Customs Frontline
2024

Customs Frontline

Moon Wall
2004

Moon Wall

Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
2003

Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat

Zinnia Flower
2015

Zinnia Flower

Daughter's Daughter
2024

Daughter's Daughter

Happy Funeral
2008

Happy Funeral

Keeper of Darkness
2015

Keeper of Darkness

Heaven in the Dark
2016

Heaven in the Dark

Let the Wind Carry Me
2009

Let the Wind Carry Me

The Liquidator
2017

The Liquidator

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
2019

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords

Integrity
2019

Integrity

Legally Declared Dead
2019

Legally Declared Dead

Six Strong Guys
2004

Six Strong Guys