Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Bayer, 22 September 1940 â€" 14 December
2019) was a Danish-French film avant garde actress, director, writer,
and singer. She was French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's muse in
the 1960s, performing in several of his films, including The Little
Soldier, A Woman Is a Woman, My Life to Live, Bande à part (Band of
Outsiders), Pierrot le Fou (Crazy Pete) and Alphaville. For her
performance in A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Silver Bear Award
for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.In 1972, Karina set up a
production company for her directorial debut, Vivre ensemble (1973),
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.Karina was an icon of 1960s cinema, and referred to as
the "effervescent free spirit of the French New Wave, with all of the
scars that the position entails". The New York Times described her as
"one of the screen's great beauties and an enduring symbol of the
French New Wave."
2019) was a Danish-French film avant garde actress, director, writer,
and singer. She was French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's muse in
the 1960s, performing in several of his films, including The Little
Soldier, A Woman Is a Woman, My Life to Live, Bande à part (Band of
Outsiders), Pierrot le Fou (Crazy Pete) and Alphaville. For her
performance in A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Silver Bear Award
for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.In 1972, Karina set up a
production company for her directorial debut, Vivre ensemble (1973),
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.Karina was an icon of 1960s cinema, and referred to as
the "effervescent free spirit of the French New Wave, with all of the
scars that the position entails". The New York Times described her as
"one of the screen's great beauties and an enduring symbol of the
French New Wave."
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