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.
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.
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm1157324
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709135
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Filmography (Movies)
Worth the Wait
Character:Teresa
Release Date:28/06/2025
Beyond the Sin
Character:Bo Kwan
Release Date:11/01/2025
Daughter's Daughter
Character:Emma
Release Date:22/11/2024
Tales of Taipei
Character:Yu (segment "Breeder")
Release Date:30/08/2024
Customs Frontline
Character:Athena Siu
Release Date:28/06/2024
Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul
Character:
Release Date:25/05/2023
Red Line
Character:Wang Le's wife
Release Date:27/04/2023
Man on the Edge
Character:Mrs Lam
Release Date:15/04/2022
American Girl
Character:Lily Wang
Release Date:03/12/2021
Bad Acting
Character:
Release Date:04/12/2020
Legally Declared Dead
Character:Shum Chi Ling
Release Date:12/11/2019
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Character:Chow Man-fung
Release Date:04/07/2019
Integrity
Character:Kong Suet Yee
Release Date:05/02/2019
The Liquidator
Character:Wei Wei
Release Date:29/12/2017
Heaven in the Dark
Character:Michelle
Release Date:24/03/2016
Keeper of Darkness
Character:Fatt's Mother
Release Date:26/11/2015
Zinnia Flower
Character:Ming
Release Date:08/10/2015
Dragon Blade
Character:
Release Date:19/02/2015
Lover's Discourse
Character:Nancy
Release Date:25/11/2010
Don Quixote
Character:Sang Cuihua
Release Date:01/01/2010
Let the Wind Carry Me
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2009
Fit Lover
Character:Nie Bing
Release Date:28/11/2008
Claustrophobia
Character:Pearl
Release Date:23/10/2008
Candy Rain
Character:Ricky
Release Date:12/09/2008
Happy Funeral
Character:Karena
Release Date:24/04/2008
Anna & Anna
Character:Anna / Siyu
Release Date:26/09/2007
Kidnap
Character:Lam Hiu Yeung
Release Date:14/06/2007
Silk
Character:Wei
Release Date:28/09/2006
Home Sweet Home
Character:Yim Hung
Release Date:27/10/2005
Mob Sister
Character:Nova
Release Date:04/08/2005
It Had To Be You
Character:Jill
Release Date:04/03/2005
Six Strong Guys
Character:丁丁
Release Date:02/09/2004
Super Model
Character:Inspector Karena Zhang
Release Date:17/06/2004
Koma
Character:Suen Ling
Release Date:27/04/2004
Moon Wall
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Floating Landscape
Character:Maan
Release Date:16/10/2003
Heroic Duo
Character:Brenda
Release Date:31/07/2003
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
Character:Karena
Release Date:04/06/2003
Tiramisu
Character:Jane Chan
Release Date:28/03/2002
Inner Senses
Character:Cheung Yan
Release Date:28/03/2002
July Rhapsody
Character:Woo Choy-lam
Release Date:14/03/2002
Television Appearances
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