Anna Karina

Acting · Born 1940-09-22 in Solbjerg, Denmark

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

• Vivre Sa Vie as Nana Kleinfrankenheim
• Pierrot le Fou as Marianne Renoir
• A Woman Is a Woman as Angela
• Alphaville as Natacha von Braun
• Band of Outsiders as Odile
• Cléo from 5 to 7 as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
• Appointment in Bray as Elle
• The Magus as Anne
• A Friend of Vincent as Eleonore
• Chinese Roulette as Irene Cartis

TV

• Z-Cars as Lady Customer (uncredited)
• Madame le Juge as Emma
• Midi trente as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• Champs-Elysées as Self
• Cinépanorama as Self
• Sacrée Soirée as Self