
Karena Lam Kar-Yan
- Date of Birth: 1978-08-17
- Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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... 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.

Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
Comedy, Drama • 2003 June

Silk
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery • 2006 September

It Had To Be You
Romance, Comedy • 2005 March

The Floating Landscape
Drama, Romance • 2003 October

Heaven in the Dark
Drama • 2016 March

Keep Running
Comedy, Reality • 2014 October

Red Line
Action, Thriller, Adventure • 2023 April

Inner Senses
Crime, Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Romance • 2002 March

Home Sweet Home
Thriller, Mystery, Horror • 2005 October

Keeper of Darkness
Horror • 2015 November