Anna Karina 22 September 1940 14 December 2019 was a Danish film actress director and screenwriter who spent most of her working life in France Karina was known as a muse of the director JeanLuc 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 and Vivre sa vie 1962 With A Woman Is a Woman Karina won the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival