Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1976-07-15
Place of Birth
Algermissen, Lower Saxony, West Germany [now Germany]
Diane Kruger
Biography
Diane Kruger (born July 15, 1976) is a German actress. Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.
Kruger became known for her roles in film as Helen in the epic war film Troy (2004), Dr. Abigail Chase in the heist film National Treasure (2004) and its 2007 sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Gina in the psychological thriller film Unknown (2011). She also starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX crime drama series The Bridge (2013–14). In 2017, she made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's In the Fade, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
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Acting History
2025
The Seduction as Rosemonde
2025Amrum as Tessa Bendixen
2025Little Disasters as Jess
2025The Shrouds as Becca Relikh / Terry Gelernt / Hunny
2024Saint-Exupéry as Noëlle Guillaumet
2024Longing as Alice
2024A Circus Tale & A Love Song as Amber
2023The American as Tatiyana Volkova
2023Visions as Estelle Vasseur
2023Marlowe as Clare Cavendish
2023Beau geste as Self
2022Couch by Lena Situations as Self - Guest
2022The A Talks as Self - Guest
2022Out of the Blue as Marilyn
2022Drag Race France as Self - Guest Judge
2022First Love as Kay Albright
2022Swimming with Sharks as Joyce Holt
2022The 355 as Marie Schmidt
2021Elle parle d'Elle
2021H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories
2021Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil as Self
2019QT8: The First Eight as Self
2019The Operative as Rachel
2019J.T. LeRoy as Eva
2018Welcome to Marwen as Deja Thoris
2018Why Are We Creative? as Seft
2018Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story as Self
2017In the Fade as Katja Sekerci
2017All That Divides Us as Julia
2016The Infiltrator as Kathy Ertz
2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
2015Fathers and Daughters as Elizabeth
2015Disorder as Jessie
2015Sky as Romy
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
2014The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden as Margret Wittmer (voice)
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2014The Better Angels as Sarah Lincoln
2013Me, Myself and Mum as Ingeborg
2013The Bridge as Sonya Cross
2013Seduced and Abandoned as Self
2013The Host as The Seeker / Lacey
2012A Perfect Plan as Isabelle
2012Farewell, My Queen as Marie Antoinette
2011Special Forces as Elsa Casanova
2011Unknown as Gina
2010Lily Sometimes as Clara Dreyer
2010Somebody To Love Me as Boy George
2010Inhale as Diane Stanton
2009Mr. Nobody as Adult Anna
2009Farewell as Jogging spy
2009Inglourious Basterds as Bridget von Hammersmark
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Round Da Way as Clémence Santiépi (voice)
2008Anything for Her as Lisa Auclert
2008Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes as Self
2008Fringe as Miranda Greene (uncredited)
2007National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Abigail Chase
2007Days of Darkness as Véronica Star
2007The Hunting Party as Marjana
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007Goodbye Bafana as Gloria Gregory
2006On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
2006Copying Beethoven as Anna Holtz
2006The One Show as Self
2006The Tiger Brigades as Princess Constance Radetsky
2006Frankie as Frankie
2005Joyeux Noel as Anna Sörensen
2004Narco as La fille du night club
2004National Treasure as Abigail Chase
2004Wicker Park as Lisa
2004Troy as Helen
2003Michel Vaillant as Julie Wood
2003Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) as La call-girl
2002Whatever You Say as Clara
2002The Piano Player as Erika Nile
2002NDR Kultur – Das Journal as Self
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1998Lascars as Clémence Santiepi
1997Leute heute as Self
1996The Daily Show as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987Nachtcafé as Self
1984Goldene Kamera as Self
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1979Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1979NDR Talk Show as Self
1951German Film Award as Self
1948Bambi as Self
—Butterfly in the Typewriter as Patricia Rickels
—This Man, This Woman as Kirsty Sachs
—Each of Us as Gertrud
—All About Corinne
—La Décision as Nora
—A.M.I.