Anna Karina
Known for Acting
Biography
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
Band of Outsiders
1964
as Odile
Pierrot le Fou
1965
as Marianne Renoir
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
Lamiel
1967
as Lamiel
Chloé
1996
as Katia
Chinese Roulette
1977
as Irene Cartis
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Karina
The Magus
1968
as Anne
Vivre Sa Vie
1962
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim
Regina Roma
1982
as Regina
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Justine
1969
as Melissa
A Friend of Vincent
1983
as Eleonore
The Four Truths
1962
as Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
I, Cesar
2003
as Gloria
Alphaville
1965
as Natacha von Braun
Ave Maria
1984
as Berthe Granjeux
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969
as Elisabeth Kohlhaas
Godard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)