Anna Karina
Born September 22, 1940 (Age: 85)
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Solbjerg, Denmark
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.
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.
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Filmography
Godard Cinema
2023
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
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as
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Age: 69
No Image
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992
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as Self
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Age: 51
Laughter in the Dark
1969
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as Margot
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Age: 28
No Image
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965
1965
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as Self
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Age: 24
Alphaville
1965
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as Natacha von Braun
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Age: 24
Band of Outsiders
1964
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as Odile
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Age: 23
Vivre Sa Vie
1962
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as Nana Kleinfrankenheim
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Age: 21
Sun in Your Eyes
1962
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as Emma
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Age: 21
Petit Jour
1962
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as Self
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Age: 21
Tonight or Never
1961
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as Valérie
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Age: 21
A Woman Is a Woman
1961
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as Angela
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Age: 20
Pigen og skoene
1959
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as
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Age: 19