Anna Karina

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.

Filmografi

Vivre Sa Vie1962 · Nana KleinfrankenheimCléo from 5 to 71962 · Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent FilmLiving Together1973 · Julie AndersenBand of Outsiders1964 · OdileAve Maria1984 · Berthe GranjeuxChloé1996 · KatiaRegina Roma1982 · ReginaAlphaville1965 · Natacha von BraunPierrot le Fou1965 · Marianne RenoirTender Sharks1967 · Elena / CostaSang titre2025 · (archive footage) (uncredited)Last Song1987 · SusanA Woman Is a Woman1961 · AngelaLamiel1967 · LamielThe Time to Die1970 · The Young WomanThe Truth About Charlie2002 · KarinaTo Each His Own Cinema2007 · (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)Victoria2008 · VictoriaAusgerechnet Bananen1978 · NataschaBlockhaus USA1986 · Appointment in Bray1971 · ElleMichael Kohlhaas - The Rebel1969 · Elisabeth KohlhaasLe Petit Soldat1963 · Veronica DreyerProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas2026 · Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)