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Karena Lam (Chinese: 林嘉欣; pinyin: Lín Jiāxīn; Cantonese Yale: Làm Gāyān; born 17 August 1978) is a Taiwanese-Canadian, actress and singer based in Hong Kong. In 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards for her role in Zinnia Flower, making her the first person ever to have won all of the following three Golden Horse awards: Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best New Performer.
Early life
On 17 August 1978, Lam was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Career
Karena Lam is a Hong Kong based actress, artist, curator and ambassador of Le French May, as well as winner of three Golden Horse Awards.As the curator of Le French May 2017 "Celebration of the Arts", she handpicked a selection of iconic French movies for this cinema programme. She is passionate in promoting art in Hong Kong and believes that every individual could connect with art in a very personal way. Exhibitions she curated include Inoue Yuichi Solo Exhibition ‘Hana’ (at agnes b.’s LIBRAIRIE GALERIE, Hong Kong) and Watanabe Mayumi Solo Exhibition ‘Send in the Clowns’ (Librairie Galerie at K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong). As an actress she is enthusiastic in exploring the humanity behind art, and all these stories become the inspirations in her acting.
Personal life
Lam's father is from Hong Kong, while her mother is a Japanese Chinese from Taiwan.