Anna Karina
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Z-Cars
Lady Customer (uncredited)
1962
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Film
Pierrot le Fou
Marianne Renoir
1965
Film
Cléo from 5 to 7
Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
1962
Series
Matin Bonheur
Self
1987
Film
Chloé
Katia
1996
Film
Alphaville
Natacha von Braun
1965
Film
Band of Outsiders
Odile
1964
Film
Vivre Sa Vie
Nana Kleinfrankenheim
1962
Film
Scheherazade
Shéhérazade
1963
Film
The Truth About Charlie
Karina
2002
Film
To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
2007
Film
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Self / Narrator
1965
Film
The Stranger
Marie Cardona
1967
Victoria
Victoria
2008
Film
The Abyss
Catherine
1988
Film
A Woman Is a Woman
Angela
1961
Series
Madame le Juge
Emma
1978
Film
Tender Sharks
Elena / Costa
1967
Film
Living Together
Julie Andersen
1973
Film
Le Petit Soldat
Veronica Dreyer
1963
Film
Regina Roma
Regina
1982
Film
Chinese Roulette
Irene Cartis
1977
Film
The Camp Followers
Elenitza
1965
Film
The Nun
Suzanne
1967
Film
Last Song
Susan
1987
Film
Justine
Melissa
1969
Film
The Oldest Profession
Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
1967
Film
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Ave Maria
Berthe Granjeux
1984
Film
The Magus
Anne
1968
Film
A Friend of Vincent
Eleonore
1983
Film
Lamiel
Lamiel
1967
Film
Circle of Love
Rose
1964
Film
Dark Galaxy
(archive footage)
1993
Film
Ausgerechnet Bananen
Natascha
1978
The Musician Killer
Louise
1976
Film
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
Film
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
The Lovely Month of May
Self (uncredited)
1963
Film
The Four Truths
Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
1962
Film
Bread and Chocolate
Elena
1974
Film
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Film
Before Winter Comes
Maria
1969
Film
In the Darkness of Time
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Film
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Elisabeth Kohlhaas
1969
Film
Up, Down, Fragile
Sarah
1995
Film
I, Cesar
Gloria
2003
Film
The Salzburg Connection
Anna Bryant
1972
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self
1992
Film
Sweet and Sour
Ginette
1963
Film
Just Like at Home
Anna
1978
Film
Made in U.S.A
Paula Nelson
1967
Film
Blockhaus USA
1986
Film
Fiancés on the Bridge
Anna, The Blonde Girl
1962
Film
Sun in Your Eyes
Emma
1962
Film
The Time to Die
The Young Woman
1970
Film
Sang titre
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Film
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
Clara (voice)
1951
Film
Quantum Cowboys
Blacky's Memory
2023
Film
The Thief of Tibadabo
Maria
1965
Film
The Story of a Mother
Christine Olsen
1979
Film
Set Me Free
Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Film
French Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
All About Loving
Hélène
1964
Film
Appointment in Bray
Elle
1971
Nom de code : Sacha
Anna Karina
2001
Film
Treasure Island
Mother
1986
Film
Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
Self
2019
Film
Carlos
Clara
1971
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965
Self
1965
Film
Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver
(archive footage)
2022
Film
Laughter in the Dark
Margot
1969
Film
Anna
Anna
1968
Film
The Wedding Ring
Jeanne
1971
Film
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Film
She'll Have to Go
Toni Oberon
1962
Film
Carl Th. Dreyer
Self (uncredited)
1966
Film
Surprise Sock
Nathalie
1978
Film
Scrambled Eggs
Clara Dutilleul
1976
Film
The Wild Palms
Paula Nelson
2025
Film
Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
Natasha
1967
Film
A Propos D'Un Crime
Self
1967
Film
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Self
1964
Anna and the Jellyfish
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Anna Karina, Remember
Self
2020
Film
Petit Jour
Self
1962
Film
Tonight or Never
Valérie
1961
Film
Morel's Invention
Faustine
1974
Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver
Self
2019
Film
Husband for Sale
Béatrice Reinhof
1965
Film
Cayenne Palace
Lola
1987
Film
Pigen og skoene
1959
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Manden der ville være skyldig
Edith
1990
Film
Every Day Words Disappear
(archive footage)
2015