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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

5.8

Teresa

Worth the Wait

2025

4.7

Bo Kwan

Beyond the Sin

2025

7.7

Emma

Daughter's Daughter

2024

0.0

Yu (segment "Breeder")

Tales of Taipei

2024

5.3

Athena Siu

Customs Frontline

2024

5.1

Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul

2023

5.8

Wang Le's wife

Red Line

2023

5.2

Mrs Lam

Man on the Edge

2022

6.6

Lily Wang

American Girl

2021

0.0

Bad Acting

2020

Credits

Worth the Wait

as Teresa

2025

5.8

Beyond the Sin

as Bo Kwan

2025

4.7

Daughter's Daughter

as Emma

2024

7.7

Tales of Taipei

as Yu (segment "Breeder")

2024

0.0

Customs Frontline

as Athena Siu

2024

5.3

Tales from the Occult: Body and Soul

2023

5.1

Red Line

as Wang Le's wife

2023

5.8

Man on the Edge

as Mrs Lam

2022

5.2

American Girl

as Lily Wang

2021

6.6

Bad Acting

2020

0.0

Legally Declared Dead

as Shum Chi Ling

2019

6.4

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords

as Chow Man-fung

2019

6.5

Integrity

as Kong Suet Yee

2019

5.3

The Liquidator

as Wei Wei

2017

5.5

Heaven in the Dark

as Michelle

2016

5.9

Keeper of Darkness

as Fatt's Mother

2015

5.8

Zinnia Flower

as Ming

2015

5.0

Dragon Blade

2015

6.4

Keep Running

2014

5.7

Lover's Discourse

as Nancy

2010

5.4

Don Quixote

as Sang Cuihua

2010

5.0

Let the Wind Carry Me

as Self

2009

7.0

Fit Lover

as Nie Bing

2008

3.2

Claustrophobia

as Pearl

2008

4.8

Candy Rain

as Ricky

2008

4.2

Happy Funeral

as Karena

2008

4.5

Anna & Anna

as Anna / Siyu

2007

6.5

Kidnap

as Lam Hiu Yeung

2007

4.9

Silk

as Wei

2006

6.2

On the Road (Sr. 1)

2006

10.0

Home Sweet Home

as Yim Hung

2005

5.6

Mob Sister

as Nova

2005

4.6

It Had To Be You

as Jill

2005

6.1

Six Strong Guys

as 丁丁

2004

4.8

Super Model

as Inspector Karena Zhang

2004

6.4

Koma

as Suen Ling

2004

5.3

🎬

Moon Wall

2004

0.0

The Floating Landscape

as Maan

2003

5.9

Heroic Duo

as Brenda

2003

5.0

Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat

as Karena

2003

6.3

Inner Senses

as Cheung Yan

2002

5.7

Tiramisu

as Jane Chan

2002

4.4

July Rhapsody

as Woo Choy-lam

2002

6.5

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

1962

9.0