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Anna Karina

1940 - 2019

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Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; 23 September 1940 – 14 December 2019) was a Danish and French film actress, director, writer, model, and singer. She was an early collaborator of French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, her first husband, performing in several of his films, including The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961), My Life to Live (1962), Bande à part (Band of Outsiders; 1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), and Alphaville (1965). 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 Vivre ensemble (1973), her directorial debut, which screened in the Critics' Week lineup at the 26th Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Karina is the 390th most popular actor (down from 297th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 61st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Actor.

Anna Karina is most famous for being the muse of French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anna Karina ranks 390 out of 13,578. Before her are Vittorio Gassman, Sammo Hung, Jason Robards, Liv Ullmann, Marisa Paredes, and Kathy Bates. After her are Tim Curry, Charles Dance, George Lazenby, Lana Turner, Jonathan Pryce, and Ellen Burstyn.

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Among people born in 1940, Anna Karina ranks 53. Before her are Kip Thorne, Óscar Arias, Terry Gilliam, Nancy Sinatra, Dario Argento, and Richard Williamson. After her are Andrzej Żuławski, David Koch, Patrick Leahy, Raquel Welch, John Lewis, and Paolo Borsellino. Among people deceased in 2019, Anna Karina ranks 33. Before her are Bert Hellinger, Murray Gell-Mann, João Gilberto, Mariss Jansons, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Alexei Leonov. After her are Demetris Christofias, Michel Legrand, David Koch, Bibi Andersson, Gordon Banks, and Robert Evans.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anna Karina ranks 76 out of 1,032. Before her are Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Carl Bloch (1834), Mads Mikkelsen (1965), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788), and Eric VI of Denmark (1274). After her are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Michael Laudrup (1964), Christopher I of Denmark (1219), and Gerda Wegener (1886).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Anna Karina ranks 3. Before her are Asta Nielsen (1881), and Mads Mikkelsen (1965). After her are Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Connie Nielsen (1965), Erik Bruhn (1928), Jesper Christensen (1948), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Annette Stroyberg (1936), Jean Hersholt (1886), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), and Viggo Larsen (1880).

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