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, 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 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 after divorced from Pierre Fabre. She's now married to Dennis Berry.



Same birthday as actress Catherine Oxenberg. Has written three novels. Studied dance and painting in Denmark. Has worked with film directors such as Agnès Varda, Roger Vadim, Valerio Zurlini, Jacques Rivette, George Stevens, Volker Schlöndorff, George Cukor and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In 1972 set up a production company named Raska. Companion of Ulli Lommel in the late 1970s. The couple made few movies together, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's Chinesisches Roulette (1976) and Ausgerechnet Bananen (1978), directed by Lommel. Husband Dennis Berry was once married to Jean Seberg (1972-1978) whom Anna's first husband, Jean-Luc Godard, directed in À bout de souffle (1960) (aka Breathless). Made 8 movies with ex-husband Jean-Luc Godard: Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (1962), Une femme est une femme (1961), Le plus vieux métier du monde (1967), Pierrot le fou (1965), Le petit soldat (1963), Made in U.S.A. (1966), Bande à part (1964) and Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965).