Anna Karina
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
Pierrot le Fou
1965
as Marianne Renoir
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Karina
Band of Outsiders
1964
as Odile
Vivre Sa Vie
1962
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
Scheherazade
1963
as Shéhérazade
The Stranger
1967
as Marie Cardona
Alphaville
1965
as Natacha von Braun
Bread and Chocolate
1974
as Elena
Chinese Roulette
1977
as Irene Cartis
Chloé
1996
as Katia
Quantum Cowboys
2023
as Blacky's Memory
Circle of Love
1964
as Rose
Justine
1969
as Melissa
The Magus
1968
as Anne
A Woman Is a Woman
1961
as Angela
The Little Soldier
1963
as Veronica Dreyer
Carlos
1971
as Clara
The Camp Followers
1965
as Elenitza