Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger (née Heidkrüger; German: [diˈaːnə ˈkʁuːɡɐ]; born 15 July 1976) is a German[1] actress. Early in her career, she gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.
Diane Kruger
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. In 2019, Kruger starred in the spy-thriller The Operative with Martin Freeman.[2]
Early life[edit]
Diane Heidkrüger was born on 15 July 1976.[3][4] She grew up in a deeply Catholic German family,[5] and attended Catholic school.[6] She has stated that one of her grandmothers was Polish.[7]
She was brought up in West Germany with her younger brother, Stefan. Her mother sent her to student exchange programs when she was a teenager to improve her English.[8] As a child, Kruger wanted to become a ballerina[9] and successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet School in London, but a knee injury cut short her ballet career. Later, Kruger moved to Paris, attending drama school and working as a model and began learning and speaking fluent French.[10][11]
Career[edit]
Modeling[edit]
In 1993, Kruger represented Germany in the Elite Model Look[12] and started modeling afterwards. Despite her relatively short stature for a model, she managed to land bookings such as advertisements from Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Christian Dior, Burberry and Louis Vuitton; runway shows from Marc Jacobs, D&G and Sonia Rykiel; and appearances on the cover of Vogue Paris, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan to her modeling repertoire.[13] She gradually stopped modelling after deciding to pursue a career in acting.
Personal life[edit]
Kruger is fluent in German, English and French.[31] Additionally, she studied Latin in school for eight years, though she does not speak it.[10] Kruger has stated that she has a fear of horses and will not take part in any films that require her to ride or interact with horses, revealing that she has given up roles in the past because of this. Her fear stems from having been previously thrown off the animals by accident.[32]
In 1999, she began dating French actor and director Guillaume Canet.[33] They were married on 1 September 2001.[34] They acted together in Joyeux Noël (2005) and divorced in 2006.[35] Kruger said that the marriage was unsuccessful because their careers had kept them in different parts of the world.[36]
From 2006 to 2016, she was in a relationship with actor Joshua Jackson.[37]
In 2015, Kruger met actor Norman Reedus on the set of Sky.[38] The two were first seen together as a couple in July 2016.[39] In November 2018, Kruger gave birth to their daughter, her first and his second child.[40]
