Anna Karina

Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Bayer; 22 September 1940) is a Danish-French citizen, film actress, director, and screenwriter who has spent most of her working life in France. She is 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), Vivre sa vie (1962), and Alphaville (1965). With A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Personal facts

Anna Karina
Birth dateSeptember 22, 1940
Birth nameHanne Karin Bayer
Birth place
Solbjerg , Denmark
Spouse
Daniel Duval
Pierre Fabre (actor)
Maurice Cooks

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