Biographie
Anna Karin was born in Sweden as Agneta Karin Kellerman and is the eldest of three siblings. Her mother was a medical nurse, and her father was a prominent criminal investigator. She is a descendant of Nordic royal "King Oscar II", who was the king of Sweden and Norway. Based upon her unique background, Anna can easily adapt into a Mid-Atlantic aristocratic dialect that is sometimes capitalized upon in her selected roles. The Mid-Atlantic "posh" accent was cultivated by the upper classes. It was used by women such as Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In comedy Mid-Atlantic dialect was used in the sitcom "Frasier" by Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce. She otherwise speak American English with a very light Swedish accent, which she sometimes enhances for certain roles. Her Swedish is fluent, and she also speak some Italian.
Anna started her career at age 17 when she quickly became a sought after model, and then an actress in Europe. Her rapid career rise caused her to live in numerous countries, including England, Spain, Sweden, Italy, before she permanently relocated to the United States. She was previously married to Arthur Diller, and then to Chris Majer. After making 3 films in Spain and Italy, she landed the supporting role of Renate in the Swedish TV-Series "Polisen som vagrade ta semester". She was credited with numerous commercials throughout Europe before being cast in Hollywood films, and received her SAG card on her first US film "Red Shoe Diaries" in which she played a main character alongside David Duchovny.
She was professionally trained by Sandy Marshall (Meisner), and Roy London.
Anna continued to be cast in leading and supporting roles in the US. Examples include the Sundance-acclaimed "Red Meat" with John Slattery, Jennifer Grey, Lara Flynn Boyle and James Frain. In "EDtv" she was cast opposite Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and directed by Ron Howard. In "Sacred Cargo" she starred with Martin Sheen, Chris Penn and J.T. Walsh. Her notable television credits include HBO's "The Ben Stiller Show".
Her recent credits include "The Real Husbands of Hollywood" - Supporting role with Kevin Hart, Nelly and Boris Kojoe. "Enough about Jack" (Pilot) - Lead role with Lara San Giacomo and Gail O'Grady "I Do" - Lead role and Associate Producer with Kevin McCarthy and Brian Tochi. "Ashley's Ashes" - Supporting role with Daniel Baldwin and Clint Howard. "Searching for FOY" - Lead role, Co-creator and Co-producer - A travel/ comedy series which garnered a stellar YouTube following and over 1,800,000 views, all without any extensive promotion. "Yonderquest" - Starring role, Co-creator, Co-producer.
Current Projects in development.
* "Talking to Wise Women": A video series created and produced by Anna and originally distributed by "The Cinema Guild" to educational markets. Her current development work now is providing a more commercial approach, including a TV program based on the original material, a book, and a web-site that will help guide young women today by exposing them to elder women's views and advice regarding young women's real questions and problems.
* "Land of the Condor": A book based on Anna's spiritual journeys in the Amazon while visiting Shamans (based on Anna's personal diary).
* Anna is an avid photographer involved with photography exhibitions.
* Anna teamed up in developing the "Human Potential Project" with Chris Majer, a prominent global educator, on management methods used to transform organizations from incremental growth to explosive growth.
Anna became dedicated to personal empowerment to help others. Her research engaged her in shamanic journeys during a life-changing journey to the Amazon with "The Pachamama Alliance". Her research and travels included providing hands-on support and personal funding to preserve the Earth's tropical rain forests by empowering indigenous people, who remain our natural custodians, along with contributing to the creation of a new global vision of sustainability for all.
She is a graduate of the "Hoffman Process" from the Hoffman Institute as well as the Landmark Forum.
Anna was also an active participant with several Junior League supporting projects for women building better communities. She has worked with the elderly in providing the health benefits of Comfort Dogs, which blessed her with opportunities to touch people with care, unconditional love, acceptance, and comfort. Anna is also an animal rights activist.
Anna Karin is Swedish/American and has dual citizenship. She has a current American passport as well as a current EU passport, and she lives in Los Angeles (Studio City), California.
