Anna Karina
Acting • Born 1940-09-22 – Died 2019-12-14
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
100 credits
Vivre Sa Vie
Movie • 1962
Nana Kleinfrankenheim
Pierrot le Fou
Movie • 1965
Marianne Renoir
Appointment in Bray
Movie • 1971
Elle
A Woman Is a Woman
Movie • 1961
Angela
Alphaville
Movie • 1965
Natacha von Braun
Band of Outsiders
Movie • 1964
Odile
The Magus
Movie • 1968
Anne
Tender Sharks
Movie • 1967
Elena / Costa
A Friend of Vincent
Movie • 1983
Eleonore
Chinese Roulette
Movie • 1977
Irene Cartis
Made in U.S.A
Movie • 1967
Paula Nelson
Justine
Movie • 1969
Melissa
The Nun
Movie • 1967
Suzanne
Morel's Invention
Movie • 1974
Faustine
Circle of Love
Movie • 1964
Rose
The Musician Killer
Movie • 1976
Louise
Anna
Movie • 1998
Anna
Godard Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Tonight or Never
Movie • 1961
Valérie
Le Petit Soldat
Movie • 1963
Veronica Dreyer
The Camp Followers
Movie • 1965
Elenitza
Bread and Chocolate
Movie • 1974
Elena
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Movie • 1992
Self
Fiancés on the Bridge
Movie • 1962
Anna, The Blonde Girl
Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver
Movie • 2022
(archive footage)
Last Song
Movie • 1987
Susan
The Four Truths
Movie • 1962
Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Before Winter Comes
Movie • 1969
Maria
Scheherazade
Movie • 1963
Shéhérazade
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Movie • 1969
Elisabeth Kohlhaas
All About Loving
Movie • 1964
Hélène
Regina Roma
Movie • 1982
Regina
The Time to Die
Movie • 1970
The Young Woman
Chloé
Movie • 1996
Katia
Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
Movie • 2019
Self
The Wedding Ring
Movie • 1971
Jeanne
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Movie • 1964
Self
Quantum Cowboys
Movie • 2023
Blacky's Memory
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Carlos
Movie • 1971
Clara
The Oldest Profession
Movie • 1967
Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
Anna and the Jellyfish
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Surprise Sock
Movie • 1978
Nathalie
Ave Maria
Movie • 1984
Berthe Granjeux
Treasure Island
Movie • 1986
Mother
A Propos D'Un Crime
Movie • 1967
Self
She'll Have to Go
Movie • 1962
Toni Oberon
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
In the Darkness of Time
Movie • 2002
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Up, Down, Fragile
Movie • 1995
Sarah
Scrambled Eggs
Movie • 1976
Clara Dutilleul
The Salzburg Connection
Movie • 1972
Anna Bryant
Husband for Sale
Movie • 1965
Béatrice Reinhof
Manden der ville være skyldig
Movie • 1990
Edith
The Stranger
Movie • 1967
Marie Cardona
Lamiel
Movie • 1967
Lamiel
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Movie • 1965
Self / Narrator
Just Like at Home
Movie • 1978
Anna
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965
Movie • 1965
Self
Cayenne Palace
Movie • 1987
Lola
I, Cesar
Movie • 2003
Gloria
Set Me Free
Movie • 1999
Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Abyss
Movie • 1988
Catherine
Victoria
Movie • 2008
Victoria
Living Together
Movie • 1973
Julie Andersen
Birth of a Nation
Movie • 1997
Self
Blockhaus USA
Movie • 1986
Sweet and Sour
Movie • 1963
Ginette
Petit Jour
Movie • 1962
Self
Cléo from 5 to 7
Movie • 1962
Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
Pigen og skoene
Movie • 1959
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
Movie • 1951
Clara (voice)
The Truth About Charlie
Movie • 2002
Karina
Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver
Movie • 2019
Self
Nom de code : Sacha
Movie • 2001
Anna Karina
Anna Karina, Remember
Movie • 2020
Self
The Lovely Month of May
Movie • 1963
Self (uncredited)
The Thief of Tibadabo
Movie • 1965
Maria
Sun in Your Eyes
Movie • 1962
Emma
Ausgerechnet Bananen
Movie • 1978
Natascha
Laughter in the Dark
Movie • 1969
Margot
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie • 2007
(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
Carl Th. Dreyer
Movie • 1966
Self (uncredited)
Every Day Words Disappear
Movie • 2015
(archive footage)
Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
Movie • 1967
Natasha
French Beauty
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Dark Galaxy
Movie • 1993
(archive footage)
Sang titre
Movie • 2025
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Story of a Mother
Movie • 1979
Christine Olsen
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Movie • 2009
The Wild Palms
Movie • 2025
Paula Nelson
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Lady Customer (uncredited)
Madame le Juge
TV • 1978
Emma
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Discorama
TV • 1959
Self
Matin Bonheur
TV • 1987
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self