Anna Karina
Actor
- Born
- September 22, 1940 · Solbjerg, Denmark
- Died
- December 14, 2019 (age 79)
Anna Karina (22 September 1940 - 14 December 2019) was a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who spent most of her working life in France. Karina was known as a muse of the director Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave. Her notable collaborations with Godard include The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and Vivre sa vie (1962). With A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival.
In 1972, Karina set up a production company for Vivre ensemble (1973), her directorial debut, which screened in the Critics' Week lineup at the 26th Cannes Film Festival. She also directed the French-Canadian film Victoria (2008). In addition to her work in cinema, she worked as a singer and wrote several novels.
Known for
Pierrot le Fou
November 5, 1965
Cléo from 5 to 7
April 11, 1962
Vivre Sa Vie
September 20, 1962
Alphaville
May 5, 1965
Band of Outsiders
August 5, 1964
A Woman Is a Woman
September 6, 1961
I, Cesar
April 9, 2003
The Truth About Charlie
October 25, 2002
Le Petit Soldat
January 25, 1963
To Each His Own Cinema
October 31, 2007
Made in U.S.A
January 27, 1967
The Nun
July 26, 1967
Acting92
- 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas as Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025The Wild Palms as Paula Nelson
- 2025Sang titre as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023Quantum Cowboys as Blacky's Memory
- 2023Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver as (archive footage)
- 2020Anna and the Jellyfish as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Anna Karina, Remember as Self