Person
Anna Karina
Acting · 1940–2019 · 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.
Known for
Champs-Elysées
Self
Sacrée soirée
Self
Ciné regards
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Discorama
Self
Midi trente
Self
Z-Cars
Lady Customer (uncredited)
Cinépanorama
Self
Matin Bonheur
Self
Pierrot le Fou
Marianne Renoir
Filmography
- 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasNana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025The Wild PalmsPaula Nelson
- 2025Sang titre(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023Quantum CowboysBlacky's Memory
- 2023Godard CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2023L'Âge d'or de la pubSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver(archive footage)
- 2020Anna and the JellyfishSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Anna Karina, RememberSelf
- 2019Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte PulverSelf
- 2019Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelleSelf
- 2015Every Day Words Disappear(archive footage)
- 2009Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
- 2008VictoriaVictoria
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
- 2005French BeautySelf (archive footage)
- 2003I, CesarGloria
- 2002The Truth About CharlieKarina
- 2002In the Darkness of Time(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001Nom de code : SachaAnna Karina
- 1999Godard on TV: 1960-2000Self (archive footage)
- 1999Set Me FreeNana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998AnnaAnna
- 1997Birth of a NationSelf
- 1996ChloéKatia
- 1995Up, Down, FragileSarah
- 1993Dark Galaxy(archive footage)
- 1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveSelf
- 1990Manden der ville være skyldigEdith
- 1988The AbyssCatherine
- 1987Cayenne PalaceLola
- 1987Sacrée soiréeSelf
- 1987Matin BonheurSelf
- 1987Last SongSusan
- 1986Treasure IslandMother
- 1986Blockhaus USA
- 1984Ave MariaBerthe Granjeux
- 1983A Friend of VincentEleonore
- 1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
- 1982Regina RomaRegina
- 1979The Story of a MotherChristine Olsen
- 1978Just Like at HomeAnna
- 1978Surprise SockNathalie
- 1978Ausgerechnet BananenNatascha
- 1978Madame le JugeEmma
- 1978Ciné regardsSelf
- 1977Chinese RouletteIrene Cartis
- 1976Scrambled EggsClara Dutilleul
- 1976The Musician KillerLouise
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974Bread and ChocolateElena
- 1974Morel's InventionFaustine
- 1973Living TogetherJulie Andersen
- 1972The Salzburg ConnectionAnna Bryant
- 1972Midi trenteSelf
- 1971Appointment in BrayElle
- 1971CarlosClara
- 1971The Wedding RingJeanne
- 1970The Time to DieThe Young Woman
- 1969JustineMelissa
- 1969Laughter in the DarkMargot
- 1969Michael Kohlhaas - The RebelElisabeth Kohlhaas
- 1969Before Winter ComesMaria
- 1968The MagusAnne
- 1967The StrangerMarie Cardona
- 1967LamielLamiel
- 1967The NunSuzanne
- 1967The Oldest ProfessionNatasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
- 1967Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000Natasha
- 1967Tender SharksElena / Costa
- 1967Made in U.S.APaula Nelson
- 1967A Propos D'Un CrimeSelf
- 1966Carl Th. DreyerSelf (uncredited)
- 1965Pierrot le FouMarianne Renoir
- 1965Husband for SaleBéatrice Reinhof
- 1965The Camp FollowersElenitza
- 1965Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965Self
- 1965AlphavilleNatacha von Braun
- 1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. DreyerSelf / Narrator
- 1965The Thief of TibadaboMaria
- 1964All About LovingHélène
- 1964Circle of LoveRose
- 1964Band of OutsidersOdile
- 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeSelf
- 1963Sweet and SourGinette
- 1963ScheherazadeShéhérazade
- 1963The Lovely Month of MaySelf (uncredited)
- 1963Le Petit SoldatVeronica Dreyer
- 1962The Four TruthsColombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
- 1962Vivre Sa VieNana Kleinfrankenheim
- 1962Sun in Your EyesEmma
- 1962Fiancés on the BridgeAnna, The Blonde Girl
- 1962Cléo from 5 to 7Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
- 1962She'll Have to GoToni Oberon
- 1962Z-CarsLady Customer (uncredited)
- 1962Petit JourSelf
- 1961Tonight or NeverValérie
- 1961A Woman Is a WomanAngela
- 1959Pigen og skoene
- 1959DiscoramaSelf
- 1956CinépanoramaSelf
- 1951Presentation, or Charlotte and Her SteakClara (voice)
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