Anna Karina(1940-2019)
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Born in Denmark, she came to Paris at 18. She met
Coco Chanel and
Pierre Cardin and started as a top model.
She met Jean-Luc Godard about a cameo in
Breathless (1960), but
she had to be naked and she refused to play in the movie. One year
later, they got married and she became famous with the "Nouvelle vague"
movies directed by him, Jacques Rivette
or Agnès Varda.
In 1967, Serge Gainsbourg wrote his only film musical Anna (1967) for her, with the hit "Sous le soleil exactement". Then, she went to Hollywood for a few movies and came back to Paris. She wrote and directed Vivre ensemble (1973) after her divorce from Pierre Fabre. She's now married to Dennis Berry.
In 1967, Serge Gainsbourg wrote his only film musical Anna (1967) for her, with the hit "Sous le soleil exactement". Then, she went to Hollywood for a few movies and came back to Paris. She wrote and directed Vivre ensemble (1973) after her divorce from Pierre Fabre. She's now married to Dennis Berry.