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
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wild Palms
2025
as Paula Nelson
Sang titre
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quantum Cowboys
2023
as Blacky's Memory
Godard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver
2022
as (archive footage)
- No poster
Anna and the Jellyfish
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Anna Karina, Remember
2020
as Self
- No poster
Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver
2019
as Self
Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
2019
as Self
Every Day Words Disappear
2015
as (archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
- No poster
Victoria
2008
as Victoria
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
French Beauty
2005
as Self (archive footage)
I, Cesar
2003
as Gloria
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Karina
In the Darkness of Time
2002
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- No poster
Nom de code : Sacha
2001
as Anna Karina
- No poster
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Set Me Free
1999
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self
Chloé
1996
as Katia