Anna Karina

Gender: Female

Birthday: 1940-09-22 - 2019-12-14

Place of Birth: Solbjerg, Denmark

Also Known As: Hanne Karin Bayer, Hanne Karine Bayer, 안나 카리나, Hanne Blarke, Karina, 아나 카리나, Анна Карина, アンナ・カリーナ, آنا کارینا

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.