Anna Karina
- Acting
- September 22, 1940 · Solbjerg, Denmark
- December 14, 2019
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
Filmography
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Wild Palms · Paula Nelson
- Sang titre · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Quantum Cowboys · Blacky's Memory
- Godard Cinema · Self
- L'Âge d'or de la pub · Self
- Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver · (archive footage)
- Anna and the Jellyfish · Self
- Anna Karina, Remember · Self
- Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver · Self
- Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle · Self
- Every Day Words Disappear · (archive footage)
- Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
- Victoria · Victoria, Director
- To Each His Own Cinema · (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
- French Beauty · Self
- I, Cesar · Gloria
- The Truth About Charlie · Karina, Thanks
- In the Darkness of Time · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Nom de code : Sacha · Anna Karina
- Godard on TV: 1960-2000 · Self
- Set Me Free · Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Birth of a Nation · Self
- Chloé · Katia
- Up, Down, Fragile · Sarah
- Dark Galaxy · (archive footage)
- Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave · Self
- Manden der ville være skyldig · Edith
- The Abyss · Catherine
- Cayenne Palace · Lola
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Matin Bonheur · Self
- Last Song · Susan
- Treasure Island · Mother
- Blockhaus USA
- Ave Maria · Berthe Granjeux
- A Friend of Vincent · Eleonore
- Champs-Elysées · Self
- Regina Roma · Regina
- The Story of a Mother · Christine Olsen
- Just Like at Home · Anna
- Surprise Sock · Nathalie
- Ausgerechnet Bananen · Natascha
- Madame le Juge · Emma
- Ciné regards · Self
- Chinese Roulette · Irene Cartis
- Scrambled Eggs · Clara Dutilleul
- The Musician Killer · Louise
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- Bread and Chocolate · Elena
- Morel's Invention · Faustine
- Living Together · Julie Andersen, Director
- The Salzburg Connection · Anna Bryant
- Midi trente · Self
- Appointment in Bray · Elle
- Carlos · Clara
- The Wedding Ring · Jeanne
- The Time to Die · The Young Woman
- Justine · Melissa
- Laughter in the Dark · Margot
- Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel · Elisabeth Kohlhaas
- Before Winter Comes · Maria
- The Magus · Anne
- Anna · Anna
- The Stranger · Marie Cardona
- Lamiel · Lamiel
- The Nun · Suzanne
- The Oldest Profession · Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
- Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 · Natasha
- Tender Sharks · Elena / Costa
- Made in U.S.A · Paula Nelson
- A Propos D'Un Crime · Self
- Carl Th. Dreyer · Self
- Pierrot le Fou · Marianne Renoir
- Husband for Sale · Béatrice Reinhof
- The Camp Followers · Elenitza
- Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965 · Self
- Alphaville · Natacha von Braun
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer · Self / Narrator
- The Thief of Tibadabo · Maria