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Anna Karina
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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).…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Anna Karina's Filmography
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Wild Palms
as Paula Nelson

Sang titre
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Quantum Cowboys
as Blacky's Memory

Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)

L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)

Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Anna and the Jellyfish
as Self (archive footage)

Anna Karina, Remember
as Self
No Poster
Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver
as Self

Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle
as Self

Every Day Words Disappear
as (archive footage)

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
No Poster
Victoria
as Victoria

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

French Beauty
as Self (archive footage)

I, Cesar
as Gloria

The Truth About Charlie
as Karina

In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Poster
Nom de code : Sacha
as Anna Karina
No Poster
Godard on TV: 1960-2000
as Self (archive footage)

Set Me Free
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)

Birth of a Nation
as Self

Chloé
as Katia

Up, Down, Fragile
as Sarah

Dark Galaxy
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
as Self

Manden der ville være skyldig
as Edith

The Abyss
as Catherine

Cayenne Palace
as Lola

Last Song
as Susan

Treasure Island
as Mother

Blockhaus USA

Ave Maria
as Berthe Granjeux

A Friend of Vincent
as Eleonore

Regina Roma
as Regina

The Story of a Mother
as Christine Olsen

Just Like at Home
as Anna

Surprise Sock
as Nathalie

Ausgerechnet Bananen
as Natascha

Chinese Roulette
as Irene Cartis

Scrambled Eggs
as Clara Dutilleul
No Poster
The Musician Killer
as Louise

Bread and Chocolate
as Elena

Morel's Invention
as Faustine

Living Together
as Julie Andersen

The Salzburg Connection
as Anna Bryant

Appointment in Bray
as Elle

Carlos
as Clara

The Wedding Ring
as Jeanne

The Time to Die
as The Young Woman

Justine
as Melissa

Laughter in the Dark
as Margot

Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
as Elisabeth Kohlhaas

Before Winter Comes
as Maria

The Magus
as Anne

Anna
as Anna

The Stranger
as Marie Cardona

Lamiel
as Lamiel

The Nun
as Suzanne

The Oldest Profession
as Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
as Natasha

Tender Sharks
as Elena / Costa

Made in U.S.A
as Paula Nelson

A Propos D'Un Crime
as Self

Carl Th. Dreyer
as Self (uncredited)

Pierrot le Fou
as Marianne Renoir

Husband for Sale
as Béatrice Reinhof

The Camp Followers
as Elenitza
No Poster
Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965
as Self

Alphaville
as Natacha von Braun

Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
as Self / Narrator

The Thief of Tibadabo
as Maria

All About Loving
as Hélène

Circle of Love
as Rose

Band of Outsiders
as Odile

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
as Self

Sweet and Sour
as Ginette

Scheherazade
as Shéhérazade

The Lovely Month of May
as Self (uncredited)

Le Petit Soldat
as Veronica Dreyer

The Four Truths
as Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

Vivre Sa Vie
as Nana Kleinfrankenheim

Sun in Your Eyes
as Emma

Cléo from 5 to 7
as Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film

Fiancés on the Bridge
as Anna, The Blonde Girl

She'll Have to Go
as Toni Oberon

Petit Jour
as Self

Tonight or Never
as Valérie

A Woman Is a Woman
as Angela

Pigen og skoene

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