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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Quantum Cowboys | Blacky's Memory | HIT | |
| 2023 | Godard Cinema | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2020 | Anna and the Jellyfish | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2020 | Anna Karina, Remember | Self | FLOP | |
| 2019 | Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver | Self | HIT | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | I, Cesar | Gloria | FLOP | |
| 2002 | In the Darkness of Time | (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1999 | Set Me Free | Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1998 | Anna | Anna | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Birth of a Nation | Self | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Chloé | Katia | FLOP | |
| 1995 | Up, Down, Fragile | Sarah | HIT | |
| 1988 | The Abyss | Catherine | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Treasure Island | Mother | FLOP | |
| 1983 | A Friend of Vincent | Eleonore | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Chinese Roulette | Irene Cartis | HIT | |
| 1976 | The Musician Killer | Louise | HIT | |
| 1974 | Bread and Chocolate | Elena | HIT | |
| 1974 | Morel's Invention | Faustine | FLOP | |
| 1973 | Living Together | Julie Andersen | FLOP | |
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Anna Bryant | FLOP | |
| 1971 | The Wedding Ring | Jeanne | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel | Elisabeth Kohlhaas | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Before Winter Comes | Maria | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Magus | Anne | FLOP | |
| 1967 | The Stranger | Marie Cardona | HIT | |
| 1967 | The Nun | Suzanne | HIT | |
| 1967 | Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 | Natasha | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Made in U.S.A | Paula Nelson | FLOP | |
| 1967 | A Propos D'Un Crime | Self | HIT | |
| 1966 | Carl Th. Dreyer | Self (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1965 | Pierrot le Fou | Marianne Renoir | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Camp Followers | Elenitza | HIT | |
| 1965 | Alphaville | Natacha von Braun | HIT | |
| 1965 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer | Self / Narrator | HIT | |
| 1964 | Circle of Love | Rose | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Band of Outsiders | Odile | HIT | |
| 1964 | La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même | Self | FLOP | |
| 1963 | Scheherazade | Shéhérazade | HIT | |
| 1963 | The Lovely Month of May | Self (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1963 | Le Petit Soldat | Veronica Dreyer | HIT | |
| 1962 | Vivre Sa Vie | Nana Kleinfrankenheim | HIT | |
| 1962 | Sun in Your Eyes | Emma | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Cléo from 5 to 7 | Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film | HIT | |
| 1962 | Fiancés on the Bridge | Anna, The Blonde Girl | HIT | |
| 1962 | She'll Have to Go | Toni Oberon | FLOP | |
| 1961 | A Woman Is a Woman | Angela | HIT | |
| 1951 | Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak | Clara (voice) | FLOP |