ACTOR

Anna Karina

1940 - 2019

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Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; 22 September 1940 – 14 December 2019) was a Danish-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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Karina has received more than 2,099,053 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Anna Karina is the 297th most popular actor (down from 258th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 55th 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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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anna Karina ranks 297 out of 13,578. Before her are Thespis, Jeff Bridges, Tobin Bell, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, and Hugh Grant. After her are Marina Vlady, Raquel Welch, Helmut Berger, Juliette Binoche, Kenneth Branagh, and Burt Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Anna Karina ranks 35. Before her are Pina Bausch, Peter Fonda, Abbas Kiarostami, Tony Tan, Giorgio Moroder, and Kip Thorne. After her are Raquel Welch, Burt Young, Terry Gilliam, Dario Argento, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Tabaré Vázquez. Among people deceased in 2019, Anna Karina ranks 19. Before her are Nuon Chea, Peter Fonda, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Karel Gott, I. M. Pei, and Alexei Leonov. After her are Franco Zeffirelli, Immanuel Wallerstein, Gordon Banks, Beji Caid Essebsi, Zhores Alferov, and João Gilberto.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Anna Karina ranks 61 out of 1,032. Before her are Nicolas Steno (1638), Carl Nielsen (1865), Mads Mikkelsen (1965), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), Tollund Man (-400), and Johannes Fibiger (1867). After her are Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Eric VI of Denmark (1274), August Krogh (1874), Jørn Utzon (1918), and Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900).

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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 Erik Bruhn (1928), Jesper Christensen (1948), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Connie Nielsen (1965), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Annette Stroyberg (1936), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), and Ulrich Thomsen (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Vivre Sa Vie
Nana Kleinfrankenheim
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Sep 20th 19627.728 / 10
Band of Outsiders
Odile
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.
Aug 5th 19647.5 / 10
Pierrot le Fou
Marianne Renoir
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Nov 5th 19657.4 / 10