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Anna Karina

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1940-09-22

Day of Death

2019-12-14

Place of Birth

Solbjerg, Denmark

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.

Filmography (92)

⭐ 0 Role: Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026
⭐ 0 Role: Paula Nelson

The Wild Palms

2025
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sang titre

2025
⭐ 7.5 Role: Blacky's Memory

Quantum Cowboys

2023
⭐ 5.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Godard Cinema

2023
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver

2022
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Anna and the Jellyfish

2020
⭐ 5.0 Role: Self

Anna Karina, Remember

2020
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⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver

2019
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle

2019
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

Every Day Words Disappear

2015
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France

2009
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⭐ 0 Role: Victoria

Victoria

2008
⭐ 6.5 Role: (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)

To Each His Own Cinema

2007