Diane Kruger Biography

Diane Kruger Biography

Date of Birth
15 July 1976, Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Birth Name
Diane Heidkrüger

Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)


Diane Kruger Biography

Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, close to Hildesheim, Germany. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She came to Germany and have become a prime fashion model. She later pursued acting and relocated to Paris at the suggestion of filmmaker Luc Besson (The Fifth component (1997)). She married French actor Guillaume Canet (The Beach (2000/I)) in 2001.

Spouse
Guillaume Canet     (1 September 2001 - 2006) (divorced)

Trivia

Was a finalist in Elite's 1992 Look Of The Year competition at age fifteen.

Had to realize fifteen lbs for Troy (2004) as a result of director Wolfgang Petersen needed her to look rounder. She has since lost the load.

She features a younger brother, Stefan.

Modeled below her birth name, Diane Heidkrüger, within the mid to late-1990s.

Originally a ballet dancer, however quit dancing attributable to an injury at the age of eighteen.

German citizen.

Trained at the Cours Florent and won the Classe Libre award for best actor in her year.

People magazine included Diane in its annual "50 Most lovely folks within the World" issue in 2004.

Was listed as a possible nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was steered within the Worst Supporting Actress class for her performance within the film Troy (2004), however, she didn't receive a nomination.

Named #50 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Started her dancing career in the Royal Ballet in London.

Is an active supporter of UNICEF.

Learned Latin in school for eight years.

She is fluent in English, French and German.

Learned Russian for The Tiger Brigades (2006).

Lived three weeks in a mental hospital to shoot Frankie (2005). She is the only actress in that film, all patients are real.

She always dubs herself in three languages

First German to become host (maitresse de cérèmonie) at the Cannes Film Festival (2007).

Daughter of Maria-Theresia, a bank employee, and Hans-Heinrich, a printer. They're divorced.

Is in a relationship with Joshua Jackson (2008 - present).

Member of the jury at the 58th Berlin Film Festival in 2008.

Is very good friends with ex-husband Guillaume Canet.

Attended a Catholic school in a small German town.

Has one younger brother, Stefan.

Ranked #83 "most desirable woman" in the 2010 Ask Men list of Most Desirable Women.

Ranked #88 in the 2009 Maxim list of Hot 100 Women.

Personal Quotes

With Wolfgang Petersen, we have a tendency to were continuously the sole 2 prepared at time and also the 1st on the set throughout the filming of Troy (2004). The German rigour while not a doubt.

It was one thing strange on behalf of me, to kiss Orlando. i used to be therefore embarassed! it's not as fun as individuals suppose to shoot love scenes. you're feeling vulnerable, and there are concerning one hundred individuals staring at you.

I'm slightly bit worried concerning this sudden success. i'm quite freelance and i am afraid that this privilege may escape from me.

"Her beauty did not do her any smart and she or he could not use it in any positive means or manipulative means." - on Helen of Troy.

Sometimes it takes courage and skill to permit yourself to really go there, and it is the most liberating factor to discarding. I do suppose that is why i like acting - you are right, it's being somebody that you are not. And generally you are very terrified of it, and then once you let yourself go there, it is the neatest thing ever.

[on her quitting modeling] i believed "fuck everyone" and moved back to Paris, referred to as my agent and said I did not need to model any further, that they could not believe as a result of i used to be twenty two and doing alright. however I left it and visited drama college, and i am therefore happy I did.
Salary
Inglourious Basterds (2009)     €300,000
Lily Sometimes (2010)     500,000 euros

Where Are They Now

(July 2007) Filming the sequel to National Treasure (2004) with Nicolas Cage.

(September 2008) Filming Inglourious Basterds (2009) with Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino in Germany and currently living in New York City.