Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger
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Name:
Diane Kruger
Real name:
Diane Heidkrüger
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Birth date:
(49 y.o.)
Place of birth:
Algermissen, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany)
Height:
5'7 ft ()
Weight:
123 lb (56 kg)
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Diane Kruger's biography

Diane Kruger is a German-American actress and former model. She rose to fame with her roles in Troy (2004), the National Treasure film series (2004, 2007), Wicker Park (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Mr. Nobody (2009). Net worth: $40 million.
In the photo: Diane Kruger
In the photo: Diane Kruger

Childhood and youth

Diane Heidkrüger (Kruger) was born on July 15, 1976, in a village called Algermissen in West Germany. Her father, Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, was a computer specialist, and her mother, Maria Theresa, worked at a bank. Diane has a younger brother, Stephen.
Diane Kruger wanted to become a ballerina in childhood
Diane Kruger wanted to become a ballerina in childhood
Diane's mother taught the children self-sufficiency from the early years. The Heidkrügers struggled financially - Diane's father, who battled alcohol addiction, left the family and barely helped his ex-wife raise their children. Kruger worked every summer and delivered newspapers during the school year - her mother couldn't afford to give her spending money. Despite their struggles, her mother managed to send Diane on student exchange trips to London, where she became fluent in English.
Young Diane Kruger at the Appearance of the Year city competition
Young Diane Kruger at the Appearance of the Year city competition
Diane's main passion since childhood was dancing. "I didn't realize it then," the actress told IndieWire magazine, "but now I understand that I was a very angry child. I was full of anger because the situation at home was tense. Dancing and performing became my outlet for all those emotions."

Her dream of a dancing career took Diane to the Royal Ballet School in London, but a knee injury crushed those ambitions when she was just thirteen. That's when the confused teenager was encouraged to try modeling.

Acting career

At 15, Diane's mother let her move to Paris to pursue a modeling career. She remembers her mother letting her go without a fuss but warning her not to lose her head. "I really behaved well because I was obsessed with my work," says Kruger.
Diane moved to Paris to make a modeling career when she was 15
Diane moved to Paris to make a modeling career when she was 15
In the early 1990s, Diane's career took off and she moved to New York. Despite being relatively short for modeling at 5'7", Kruger landed major deals from such famous fashion houses as Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Christian Dior, Burberry, and Louis Vuitton. Landing covers for fashion magazines like Vogue Paris, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan was a huge achievement for the young model, and German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was one of her close friends.
Diane Kruger and Karl Lagerfeld
Diane Kruger and Karl Lagerfeld
Five years after moving to New York, the fashion world started to bore Kruger. At the height of her career, Kruger returned to Paris to attend drama school.
It was not enough for me. I wanted to do something else; I felt that modeling was not my calling.
After two small roles in low-budget French films, she unexpectedly landed one of the lead roles in the British-German film The Piano Player with Christopher Lambert and Dennis Hopper. Later, Diane starred in the Hollywood epic Troy (2004), which divided her life into before and after. More than 3,000 actresses auditioned for Helen of Troy, but Diane's look and performance convinced producers - they decided a woman with her looks could easily launch a thousand ships.
Troy - trailer
Melodrama fans fell for the touching Wicker Park (2004), a remake of the 1996 L'Appartement drama with Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci. In this tale of obsessive love and intrigue, Diane showcased her dancing skills as a charming, free-spirited dancer who drives a handsome young man (Josh Hartnett) to distraction.
Diane Kruger in the Wicker Park
Diane Kruger in the Wicker Park
Soon the blonde beauty appeared in the adventure film National Treasure with Nicolas Cage and Sean Bean, who had already shot with her in Troy. The film's box office success led to a sequel, released in 2007 and also warmly received by the public.

When Kruger went to the casting of the Inglourious Basterds in the late 2000s, director Quentin Tarantino didn't believe she was German and didn't pay much attention to her. When the main contender for the role of German movie star Bridget von Hammersmark left the project, Kruger immediately went to a personal meeting with the director. Tarantino realized his mistake and offered Diane the role.
Diane Kruger in the Inglourious Basterds
The film became a worldwide sensation and Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Til Schweiger, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Brühl and other talented actors became part of Kruger's inner circle. Bridget von Hammersmark's role brought Diane a nomination for the US Screen Actors Guild Award but the award went to Mo'Nique for her role in the Precious.

That same year, Kruger appeared in the fantasy drama Mr. Nobody with Jared Leto. While audiences loved the film, critics weren't impressed with Diane's performance. In the 2011 thriller Unknown with Liam Neeson Kruger played a Bosnian illegal immigrant. Around the same time, Diane replaced Eva Green as Marie-Antoinette in the French film Farewell, My Queen.
Mr. Nobody - trailer
Kruger's popularity was never questioned: in 2012 she became a member of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival and magazines constantly put her on the lists of the sexiest women in the world. In addition, Diane was the face of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Swiss watch brand, the L'Oréal, and the Beauty perfume line by Calvin Klein. It seems her face was everywhere – in TV commercials, magazine covers, and billboards, in cinemas.
Actress and model Diane Kruger
Actress and model Diane Kruger
Her film career never slowed down. Diane's standout roles during this period included the French comedy Un plan parfait (2012), the Hollywood drama Fathers and Daughters (2014) with Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried, as well as the gripping British thriller The Infiltrator (2016) with Bryan Cranston.

In 2018, the biographical drama Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy with Diane Kruger, Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern were presented at the Toronto Film Festival. The film tells the story of a fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert, a former phone sex operator. Kruger played an ambitious aspiring director, who became the prototype of Asia Argento in the eyes of many.
According to Zoomboola.com, in December 2018 Robert Zemeckis's Welcome to Marwen hit theaters, telling about the victim of a brutal attack and the unusual process of healing. The lead role in the film was played by Steve Carell, the picture also starred Diane Kruger, Leslie Mann, singer Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie and others.

Kruger also starred in the Israeli-American thriller The Operative as a woman recruited by Mossad to work undercover in Tehran. The film was directed by Yuval Adler, who also helmed the 2013 drama Bethlehem. In an interview, Diane said: We haven't seen a spy movie about what a spy really goes through every day. I thought we made a very modern, unique film.

Diane Kruger's personal life

Diane Kruger is fluent in German, English, and French. Since 2013 she has dual citizenship in Germany and the United States.
Diane Kruger with no make-up
Diane Kruger with no make-up
In 1999 Kruger met French actor and director Guillaume Canet. After two years of passionate romance, the couple tied the knot in September 2001. The couple appeared together in three films, one of which was Canet's directorial debut.
Diane Kruger with Guillaume Canet
Diane Kruger with Guillaume Canet
In 2006 the couple filed for divorce. "We got married when I had just finished drama school," says Kruger. - It was pure, true love. And it was wonderful. He is a great guy. So why a divorce? We just grew apart. No hard feelings. I love Guillaume and I will always love him and I think he would say the same.
Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus
Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus
Shortly after the divorce Kruger dated Canadian-American actor Joshua Jackson. The relationship lasted almost 10 years, but their relationship ended when Kruger met actor Norman Reedus on the set of Sky (2015). In November 2018, Kruger, 42, and Reedus, 49, welcomed a daughter.

Diane Kruger nowadays

In 2019, Kruger appeared in the spy action movie The Operative. In 2020, she's set to appear in the miniseries Swimming with Sharks.
The 355 Trailer
The film 355 is currently in production, starring Kruger. She will be accompanied on the set by Jessica Chastain and Penelope Cruz. It is known that the actress will appear in David Dubos's Butterfly in the Typewriter biographical drama - The story of troubled author John Kennedy Toole and his struggle to bring his comic masterpiece A Confederacy of Dunces to print.

Diane Kruger: latest news and articles

  • Exactly, now I remembered who that beauty from the movie «Mr. Nobody» was.
    2021-05-11 14:04:29
  • «Wicker Park», «Troy», «Inglourious Basterds» - these are the main works of Kruger. Keep it up
    2021-04-28 20:14:04
  • With Diane Kruger I watched Troy, a powerful work. And what I`ve read about Diana here is impressive!
    2021-03-13 12:47:12
  • With Kruger and I liked the film Inglourious Basterds, I recommend it to everyone.
    2021-02-17 16:30:54
  • Blue-eyed beauty Kruger is an excellent model, and even in the movies she lit up
    2021-01-21 13:09:56
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