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The glamorous lives of Hong Kong’s richest actresses: Carina Lau, Rosamund Kwan and Gigi Lai’s luxury properties, private jets and collections of Hermes handbags revealed ...

Carina Lau, Rosamund Kwan and Gigi Lai live lavish lives today on the back of their successful careers. Photos: SCMP, @carinalau1208; @rosamundkwan/Instagram
Carina Lau, Rosamund Kwan and Gigi Lai live lavish lives today on the back of their successful careers. Photos: SCMP, @carinalau1208; @rosamundkwan/Instagram

  • In the 1980s and 1990s, these Hong Kong celebrities were at the vanguard of local cinema, with Lau often working with In the Mood for Love director Wong Kar-wai
  • Lai is married to millionaire Patrick Ma, while former beauty queen Loletta Chu first wedded Timothy Fok, then Shui On Land’s Vincent Lo

The golden age of Hong Kong entertainment in the 1980s and early 1990s propelled numerous actresses to regional and international fame. While some have receded from the spotlight since the era of their prime, many are still living extravagantly, flaunting the opulence and comfort of their flats and their luxury trappings in the public eye.

Below, we take a peek at the lavish lifestyles of some of the most successful female Hong Kong stars of our time.

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Carina Lau

Carina Lau. Photo: @carinalau1208/Instagram
Carina Lau. Photo: @carinalau1208/Instagram
Hong Kong actress Carina Lau is well-known for posting about her luxurious lifestyle on social media.
Carina Lau’s luxurious home. Photo: @carinalau1208/Instagram
Carina Lau’s luxurious home. Photo: @carinalau1208/Instagram
She owns numerous flats in prime property spots in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou. Her property in Hong Kong alone had a reported a combined value of more than US$100 million in 2020. Most notably, she has hosted numerous gatherings for family and celebrity friends in her luxurious May Tower flat, estimated to be worth around US$12.6 million in 2020. Vintage-styled, its decor is perhaps reminiscent of that in the iconic film In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai, a frequent collaborator of Lau’s in those days.
Carina Lau’s famille-rose ‘Nine Peaches’ vase from the Qianlong dynasty in her home. Photo: Sohu
Carina Lau’s famille-rose ‘Nine Peaches’ vase from the Qianlong dynasty in her home. Photo: Sohu

Lau has also showed off an elegant, famille-rose “Nine Peaches” vase from the Qianlong dynasty in her home. A very similar one – perhaps even the very one – was auctioned off in 2015 at Sotheby’s for more than US$8 million.