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Anna Karina
Known for: ActingAnna 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 29
Cléo from 5 to 7
as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film 
Pierrot le Fou
as Marianne Renoir 
Vivre Sa Vie
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim 
Band of Outsiders
as Odile 
Alphaville
as Natacha von Braun 
The Truth About Charlie
as Karina 
The Nun
as Suzanne 
A Woman Is a Woman
as Angela 
The Four Truths
as Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard") 
Scheherazade
as Shéhérazade 
Madame le Juge
as Emma 
Regina Roma
as Regina 
Chloé
as Katia 
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage) 
The Magus
as Anne 
The Stranger
as Marie Cardona 
Le Petit Soldat
as Veronica Dreyer 
Chinese Roulette
as Irene Cartis 
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
as Clara (voice) 
The Camp Followers
as Elenitza 
Living Together
as Julie Andersen 
Up, Down, Fragile
as Sarah 
I, Cesar
as Gloria 
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
as Elisabeth Kohlhaas 
She'll Have to Go
as Toni Oberon 
Quantum Cowboys
as Blacky's Memory 
Fiancés on the Bridge
as Anna, The Blonde Girl 
Circle of Love
as Rose 
The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)