Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 22, 1940
Place of Birth
Solbjerg, Denmark
Also Known As
- Hanne Karin Bayer
- Hanne Karine Bayer
- 안나 카리나
- Hanne Blarke
- Karina
Anna Karina
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.
Known For - Movies
Pierrot le Fou
as Marianne Renoir
Cléo from 5 to 7
as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
Band of Outsiders
as Odile
The Truth About Charlie
as Karina
Vivre Sa Vie
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim
Scheherazade
as Shéhérazade
Alphaville
as Natacha von Braun
Made in U.S.A
as Paula Nelson
A Woman Is a Woman
as Angela
