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.

Filmography

• 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas — Nana Kleinfrankenheim / Odile (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2025Sang titre — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2025The Wild Palms — Paula Nelson
• 2023Quantum Cowboys — Blacky's Memory
• 2022Sem Título #8: Vai Sobreviver — (archive footage)
• 2015Every Day Words Disappear — (archive footage)
• 2009Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
• 2008Victoria — Victoria, Director, Writer
• 2007To Each His Own Cinema — (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)
• 2003I, Cesar — Gloria
• 2002In the Darkness of Time — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2002The Truth About Charlie — Karina, Thanks
• 2001Nom de code : Sacha — Anna Karina
• 1999Set Me Free — Nana Kleinfrankenheim (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1996Chloé — Katia
• 1995Up, Down, Fragile — Sarah
• 1993Dark Galaxy — (archive footage)
• 1990Manden der ville være skyldig — Edith
• 1988The Abyss — Catherine
• 1987Cayenne Palace — Lola
• 1987Last Song — Susan
• 1986Blockhaus USA
• 1986Treasure Island — Mother
• 1984Ave Maria — Berthe Granjeux
• 1983A Friend of Vincent — Eleonore
• 1982Regina Roma — Regina
• 1979The Story of a Mother — Christine Olsen
• 1978Ausgerechnet Bananen — Natascha
• 1978Just Like at Home — Anna
• Madame le Juge — Emma
• 1978Surprise Sock — Nathalie
• 1977Chinese Roulette — Irene Cartis
• 1976Scrambled Eggs — Clara Dutilleul
• 1976The Musician Killer — Louise
• 1974Bread and Chocolate — Elena
• 1974Morel's Invention — Faustine
• 1973Living Together — Julie Andersen, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1972The Salzburg Connection — Anna Bryant
• 1971Appointment in Bray — Elle
• 1971Carlos — Clara
• 1971The Wedding Ring — Jeanne
• 1970The Time to Die — The Young Woman
• 1969Before Winter Comes — Maria
• 1969Justine — Melissa
• 1969Laughter in the Dark — Margot
• 1969Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel — Elisabeth Kohlhaas
• 1968Anna — Anna
• 1968The Magus — Anne
• 1967Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 — Natasha
• 1967Lamiel — Lamiel
• 1967Made in U.S.A — Paula Nelson
• 1967Tender Sharks — Elena / Costa
• 1967The Nun — Suzanne
• 1967The Oldest Profession — Natasha (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000")
• 1967The Stranger — Marie Cardona
• 1965Alphaville — Natacha von Braun
• 1965Husband for Sale — Béatrice Reinhof
• 1965Pierrot le Fou — Marianne Renoir
• 1965The Camp Followers — Elenitza
• 1965The Thief of Tibadabo — Maria
• 1964All About Loving — Hélène
• 1964Band of Outsiders — Odile
• 1964Circle of Love — Rose
• 1963Le Petit Soldat — Veronica Dreyer
• 1963Scheherazade — Shéhérazade
• 1963Sweet and Sour — Ginette
• 1962Cléo from 5 to 7 — Anna, The Blonde Bride / Actress in Silent Film
• 1962Fiancés on the Bridge — Anna, The Blonde Girl
• 1962She'll Have to Go — Toni Oberon
• 1962Sun in Your Eyes — Emma
• 1962The Four Truths — Colombe (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
• 1962Vivre Sa Vie — Nana Kleinfrankenheim
• Z-Cars — Lady Customer (uncredited)
• 1961A Woman Is a Woman — Angela
• 1961Tonight or Never — Valérie
• 1959Pigen og skoene
• 1951Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak — Clara (voice)

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2023Godard Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Anna Karina, Remember — Self
• 2020Anna and the Jellyfish — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Lilos Lachen - Das erstaunliche Leben der Liselotte Pulver — Self
• 2019Philippe R. Doumic - Sous son regard l'étincelle — Self
• 2005French Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Godard on TV: 1960-2000 — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Birth of a Nation — Self
• 1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave — Self
• Matin Bonheur — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• 1967A Propos D'Un Crime — Self
• 1966Carl Th. Dreyer — Self (uncredited)
• 1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer — Self / Narrator
• 1965Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965 — Self
• 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même — Self
• 1963The Lovely Month of May — Self (uncredited)
• 1962Petit Jour — Self
• Discorama — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self