Anna Karina
Acting
🎂 1940-09-22
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.
Cast credits(99)
Self
1982
Self
1975
Lady Customer (uncredited)
1962
Self
1987
Self
1972
Self
1959
Berthe Granjeux
1984
Self
1956
Elena / Costa
1967
Self (archive footage)
2005
Nathalie
1978
Anne
1968
Jeanne
1971
Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Clara Dutilleul
1976
Self
1965
Marianne Renoir
1965
Karina
2002
Rose
1964
Katia
1996
Julie Andersen
1973
Natacha von Braun
1965
Odile
1964
(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
2007
Eleonore
1983
Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
1962
Nana Kleinfrankenheim
1962
Self
2019
Emma
1962
Ginette
1963
Self
1987
Anna Bryant
1972
Self (archive footage)
2023
Shéhérazade
1963
The Young Woman
1970
Melissa
1969
BĂ©atrice Reinhof
1965
Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
1962
Elenitza
1965
Self (archive footage)
2023
Anna
1967
Catherine
1988
Veronica Dreyer
1963
Edith
1990
Regina
1982
Lola
1987
Self
1992
Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
1967
Valérie
1961
Angela
1961
Self (archive footage)
2025
Elena
1974
Suzanne
1967
Clara
1971
Maria
1965
Maria
1969
Anna, The Blonde Girl
1961
Marie Cardona
1967
Anna
1978
Hélène
1964
Paula Nelson
1967
Emma
1978
Toni Oberon
1962
Self (uncredited)
1963
Clara (voice)
1951
Gloria
2003
Elle
1971
Self
2020
Lamiel
1967
Elisabeth Kohlhaas
1969
Irene Cartis
1977
Louise
1976
Self (uncredited)
1966
Mother
1986
Self
1962
Margot
1969
Blacky's Memory
2023
Self
1964
(archive footage)
1993
Self
1997
Faustine
1974
Susan
1987
Sarah
1995
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Natasha
1967
Anna Karina
2001
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Marianne Renoir
2025
Victoria
2008
Self (archive footage)
1999
(archive footage)
2015
Self / Narrator
1965
Self
1967
Natascha
1978
1986
Self (archive footage)
2020
1959
(archive footage)
2022
Self
2019