Anna Karina

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
September 22, 1940 (79 years old)
Died
December 14, 2019
Place of Birth
Solbjerg, Denmark
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1951 – Present

Anna Karina

18 nominations
86 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 22, 1940
From
Solbjerg, Denmark
Known For
Acting
Career
1951 – Present

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18
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2025

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions as Self (Archive Footage)

2024

Lovers as Self (archive footage) / Natacha von Braun

2023

L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
Quantum Cowboys as Blacky's Memory
Godard Cinema as Self (archive footage)

2022

Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver as (archive footage)

2020

Anna Karina, Remember as Self
Anna and the Jellyfish as Self (archive footage)

2019

Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver as Self
Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle as Self

2015

Every Day Words Disappear as (archive footage)

2008

Victoria as Victoria

2007

To Each His Own Cinema as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage) Award

2003

I, Cesar as Gloria

2002

The Truth About Charlie as Karina Award
In the Darkness of Time as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

Nom de code : Sacha as Self

1999

Set Me Free as Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Godard on TV: 1960-2000 as Self (archive footage)

1997

Birth of a Nation as Self

1996

Chloé as Katia Award

1995

Up, Down, Fragile as Sarah

1992

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave as Self

1990

Manden der ville være skyldig as Edith

1988

The Abyss as Catherine

1987

Cayenne Palace as Lola
Last Song as Susan

1986

Treasure Island as Mother
Blockhaus USA

1984

Ave Maria as Berthe Granjeux

1983

A Friend of Vincent as Eleonore

1982

Regina Roma as Regina

1978

Surprise Sock as Nathalie
Just Like at Home as Anna
Ausgerechnet Bananen as Natascha

1977

Chinese Roulette as Irene Cartis

1976

Scrambled Eggs as Clara Dutilleul
The Musician Killer as Louise

1974

Bread and Chocolate as Elena Award
Morel's Invention as Faustine

1973

Living Together as Julie Andersen

1972

The Salzburg Connection as Anna Bryant

1971

Appointment in Bray as Elle
The Wedding Ring as Jeanne
Carlos as Clara

1970

The Time to Die as The Young Woman

1969

Justine as Melissa Award
Before Winter Comes as Maria
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel as Elisabeth Kohlhaas
Laughter in the Dark as Margot

1968

The Magus as Anne Award

1967

The Stranger as Marie Cardona Award
The Oldest Profession as Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") Award
Made in U.S.A as Paula Nelson
A Propos D'Un Crime as Self
Anna as Anna
Lamiel as Lamiel
Tender Sharks as Elena / Costa

1966

The Nun as Suzanne
Carl Th. Dreyer as Self (uncredited)

1965

Alphaville as Natacha von Braun Award
Pierrot le Fou as Marianne Renoir Award
The Camp Followers as Elenitza
Husband for Sale as Béatrice Reinhof
The Thief of Tibadabo as Maria
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer as Self / Narrator
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965 as Self

1964

Band of Outsiders as Odile Award
Circle of Love as Rose Award
All About Loving as Hélène
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self

1963

Le Petit Soldat as Veronica Dreyer
Scheherazade as Shéhérazade
Sweet and Sour as Ginette
The Lovely Month of May as Self (uncredited)

1962

Cléo from 5 to 7 as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film Award
She'll Have to Go as Toni Oberon
Vivre Sa Vie as Nana Kleinfrankenheim Award
The Four Truths as Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Fiancés on the Bridge as Anna, The Blonde Girl
Sun in Your Eyes as Emma
Petit Jour as Self

1961

A Woman Is a Woman as Angela
Tonight or Never as Valérie

1959

Pigen og skoene

1951

Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak as Clara (voice)

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Alphaville
Cléo from 5 to 7
The Truth About Charlie
To Each His Own Cinema
Chinese Roulette
Band of Outsiders
Pierrot le Fou
She'll Have to Go

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