Anna Karina

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-09-22 (79 years old)

Deathday

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.

Acting

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as Nana Kleinfrankenheim

1965

Pierrot le Fou

as Marianne Renoir

1961

1964

1965

Alphaville

as Natacha von Braun

1968

The Magus

as Anne

1967

Tender Sharks

as Elena / Costa

1983

1977

Chinese Roulette

as Irene Cartis

1967

Made in U.S.A

as Paula Nelson

1969

Justine

as Melissa

1967

The Nun

as Suzanne

1974

1964

1976

1967

Anna

as Anna

2023

Godard Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1961

Tonight or Never

as Valérie

1963

Le Petit Soldat

as Veronica Dreyer

1965

1961

Fiancés on the Bridge

as Anna, The Blonde Girl

2022

Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver

as (archive footage)

1987

Last Song

as Susan

1962

The Four Truths

as Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

1963

Scheherazade

as Shéhérazade

1969

Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

as Elisabeth Kohlhaas

1964

All About Loving

as Hélène

1982

Regina Roma

as Regina

1970

The Time to Die

as The Young Woman

1996

Chloé

as Katia

1971

2023

Quantum Cowboys

as Blacky's Memory

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Carlos

as Clara

1967

The Oldest Profession

as Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")

2020

Anna and the Jellyfish

as Self (archive footage)

1978

Surprise Sock

as Nathalie

1984

Ave Maria

as Berthe Granjeux

1986

1962

She'll Have to Go

as Toni Oberon

1999

Godard on TV: 1960-2000

as Self (archive footage)

2002

In the Darkness of Time

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995

1976

Scrambled Eggs

as Clara Dutilleul

1972

1965

Husband for Sale

as Béatrice Reinhof

1967

The Stranger

as Marie Cardona

1967

Lamiel

as Lamiel

1987

2003

I, Cesar

as Gloria

2024

Lovers

as Self (archive footage) / Natacha von Braun

1999

Set Me Free

as Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

The Abyss

as Catherine

2008

Victoria

as Victoria

1973

Living Together

as Julie Andersen

1963

Sweet and Sour

as Ginette

1962

Petit Jour

as Self

1962

Cléo from 5 to 7

as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as Self (uncredited)

1962

1978

2007

To Each His Own Cinema

as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)

1966

Carl Th. Dreyer

as Self (uncredited)

2015

Every Day Words Disappear

as (archive footage)

2025

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

as Self (archive footage)

2005

French Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Dark Galaxy

as (archive footage)

2025

4'33

as (Archive footage)

Production

1973

Living Together

as Director

2008

Victoria

as Director

2008

Victoria

as Writer

1973

1973

Living Together

as Producer

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