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
Cast Credits
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2025
Sang titre
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2025
Quantum Cowboys
Character: Blacky's Memory
MOVIE • 2023
Godard Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2022
Anna and the Jellyfish
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2020
Anna Karina, Remember
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Every Day Words Disappear
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2015
Victoria
Character: Victoria
MOVIE • 2008
To Each His Own Cinema
Character: (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2007
French Beauty
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2005
I, Cesar
Character: Gloria
MOVIE • 2003
The Truth About Charlie
Character: Karina
MOVIE • 2002
In the Darkness of Time
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2002
Nom de code : Sacha
Character: Anna Karina
MOVIE • 2001
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1999
Set Me Free
Character: Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1999
Crew
