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Diane Kruger

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Diane Kruger

Born July 15, 1976 in Algermissen, Lower Saxony, West Germany [now Germany]59 films

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.

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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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Inglourious Basterds posterFirst watchInglourious Basterds20098.2as Bridget von HammersmarkIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Mr. Nobody poster7.8Mr. Nobody2009Troy poster7.2Troy2004National Treasure poster6.7National Treasure2004Unknown poster6.7Unknown2011National Treasure: Book of Secrets poster6.4National Treasure: Book of Secrets2007The Host poster6.3The Host2013Joyeux Noel poster7.4Joyeux Noel2005The Infiltrator poster6.7The Infiltrator2016

Filmography

59 films as actor
  1. TBAThis Man, This WomanKirsty Sachs
  2. TBAButterfly in the TypewriterPatricia Rickels
  3. TBAEach of UsGertrud
  4. TBAA.M.I.Ami
  5. TBAProjet KBeate Klarsfield
  6. 2026All About Corinne
  7. 2026The Sunrise FileBeate Klarsfeld (voice)
  8. 2025AmrumTessa Bendixen
  9. 2025The ShroudsBecca Relikh / Terry Gelernt / Hunny
  10. 2024Saint-ExupéryNoëlle Guillaumet
  11. 2024MY BAGUETTE / YOUR BAGUETTELouise Bourgeois (voice)
  12. 2024LongingAlice
  13. 2024A Circus Tale & A Love SongAmber
  14. 2023The AmericanTatiyana Volkova
  15. 2023VisionsEstelle Vasseur
  16. 2023MarloweClare Cavendish
  17. 2022Out of the BlueMarilyn
  18. 2022First LoveKay Albright
  19. 2022The 355Marie Schmidt
  20. 2019The OperativeRachel
  21. 2019J.T. LeRoyEva
  22. 2018Welcome to MarwenDeja Thoris
  23. 2017In the FadeKatja Sekerci
  24. 2017All That Divides UsJulia
  25. 2016The InfiltratorKathy Ertz
  26. 2016SkyRomy
  27. 2015Fathers and DaughtersElizabeth
  28. 2015DisorderJessie
  29. 2014The Better AngelsSarah Lincoln
  30. 2013Me, Myself and MumIngeborg
  31. 2013The HostThe Seeker / Lacey
  32. 2012A Perfect PlanIsabelle
  33. 2012Farewell, My QueenMarie Antoinette
  34. 2011Special ForcesElsa Casanova
  35. 2011UnknownGina
  36. 2010Lily SometimesClara Dreyer
  37. 2010Somebody To Love MeBoy George
  38. 2010InhaleDiane Stanton
  39. 2009Mr. NobodyAdult Anna
  40. 2009FarewellJogging spy
  41. 2009Inglourious BasterdsBridget von Hammersmark
  42. 2009Round Da WayClémence Santiépi (voice)
  43. 2008Anything for HerLisa Auclert
  44. 2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsAbigail Chase
  45. 2007Days of DarknessVéronica Star
  46. 2007The Hunting PartyMarjana
  47. 2007Goodbye BafanaGloria Gregory
  48. 2006Copying BeethovenAnna Holtz
  49. 2006The Tiger BrigadesPrincess Constance Radetsky
  50. 2006FrankieFrankie
  51. 2005Joyeux NoelAnna Sörensen
  52. 2004NarcoLa fille du night club
  53. 2004National TreasureAbigail Chase
  54. 2004Wicker ParkLisa
  55. 2004TroyHelen
  56. 2003Michel VaillantJulie Wood
  57. 2003Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)La call-girl
  58. 2002Whatever You SayClara
  59. 2002The Piano PlayerErika Nile