Karena Lam (; 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. Lam's father is from Hong Kong, while her mother is a Japanese–Chinese from Taiwan. Career Lam is a Hong Kong-based actress and winner of three Golden Horse Awards. Lam's first film was Sing Kei Hok Yeuk Kui (Saturday Appointment), a 1996 Adult Thriller film directed by Sam Ho Shu-Pui. Lam is also an artist, curator and ambassador of Le French May. As the curator of Le French May 2017 "Celebration of the Arts", she handpicked a selection of iconic French movies for this cinema programme. 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). Personal life Lam married Yuen Kim Wai, an advertising director, in June 2010. Lam has two daughters, Kaya (b. 2010) and Sofie (b. 2013). Filmography Films This is a partial list of films. References External links Karena Lam at Chinesemov.com 1978 births Living people Canadian actresses of Taiwanese descent Canadian people of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese expatriates in Hong Kong Taiwanese television actresses Actresses from Vancouver Musicians from Vancouver 21st-century Taiwanese actresses Taiwanese people of Japanese descent Taiwanese people of Hong Kong descent Canadian actresses of Hong Kong descent Canadian actresses of Japanese descent 21st-century Taiwanese singers 21st-century Taiwanese women singers Canadian-born Hong Kong artists Canadian women curators