Diane Kruger is a renowned German actress and a former fashion model, who has been seen working actively on her career since the year of 1992.

Quick Info
Full NameDiane Kruger
Date of BirthJuly 15, 1976
Birth PlaceAlgermissen, Germany
ParentsHans-Heinrich Heidkrüger
Maria-Theresa Heidkrüger
ProfessionActress
Former fashion model
SpouseGuillaume Canet
PartnersJoshua Jackson(2006-2016)
Norman Reedus
Age44 years
Height5'6"
Weight75 kg
ZodiacCancer
EthnicityGerman and Polish
NationalityGerman
Net Worth$24 million

 

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Where was Diane born and raised?

Diane Kruger was born on 15 July 1976 in Algermissen, Lower, Saxony, West Germany as a daughter of their father, Hans-Heinrich Heidkruger, and mother, Maria-Theresa. Her father was a computer specialist where her mother was a bank employee. She has a younger brother whose name is Stefan.

Kruger holds American, German, and French nationality and belongs to German and Polish ethnicity. Currently, she is 44 years old. As she was born on 15 July, her zodiac sign is Cancer.

 

Body Measurement

Diane’s height is 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m/170cm) and a weight of 57 kg. She has got the body measurements of 33-23-35 inches and has blonde hair with blue eyes.

 

Where did Kruger go to School?

Earlier, Diane Kruger grew up in West Germany with her brother. Before she wanted to become a ballerina where she had also auditioned for the Royal Ballet School but she was unable to focus on her career after a Knee injury. Later, she went to Paris where she worked as a model and seen learning French.

 

Who is Diane in a relationship with?

Before Diane Kruger was in a relationship with an actor and director Guillaume Canet where they got married on 1 September 2001 but they decided to have divorced in 2006. Later, she lived in a relationship with an actor Joshua Jackson from the year of 2006 to 2016. After that, she dated an actor Norman Reedus where she was seen with him in July 2016, and later, in November 2018, he gave birth to their daughter.

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Social Media

Diane Kruger has an Instagram account with the tag name (“@dianekruger”) where she has 960k followers.

 

How Kruger started her career?

In her early career, he started her career as a model and also seen appearing in several advertisements like “Yves Saint Laurent”, “Chanel”, “Salvatore Ferragamo”, “Giorgio Armani”, “Jil Sander” and “Christian Dior” and more. Later, he stopped doing modeling and focuses his career on acting.

Kruger started her film career after she had been cast as Agnes in the movie “Point de Lendemain” in 2001. After that, she was seen appearing as Sabine on the series “Dulles” in 2002.

 

Movies

Diane Kruger was seen appearing as Erika Nile in the movie “The Piano Player” in the same year. In that year, she was seen playing the role of a call girl on a French crime drama movie “Not For, or Against”. Later, she was seen appearing in the role of Clara Broustal in a French comedy-drama movie “Whatever You Say”.

Further, she was cast as Julie Wood in a French movie “Michel Vaillant” in 2003. Later, in the year 2004, she was seen appearing as Helen in an epic historical war movie “Troy” alongside Eric Bana which was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and was written by David Benioff. In the same year, she was also cast as Lisa on an American romantic thriller drama movie “Wicker Park” which was directed by Paul McGuigan. Likewise, she was seen appearing in the movies like “Narco” alongside Adria Arjona, “National Treasure”, “Joyeux Noel” and “Frankie”.

After that, she was cast into the role of Constance Radetsky on the French crime movie “Les brigades du Tigre” in 2006. In the same year, she was also seen playing the role of Anna Holtz in an American dramatic movie “Copying Beethoven”. In the year of 2007, she was seen appearing as Gloria Gregory in the drama movie “Goodbye Bafana” which was directed by Bille. In that year, he was cast as Veronica Star on a French Canadian sex comedy-drama movie “Days of Darkness” which was written and directed by Denys Arcand.

Further, Diane Kruger was also seen playing the role of Mirjana on an American action-adventure-thriller movie “The Hunting Party” in 2007. After that, she was also cast as Abigail Chase on an American action-adventure movie “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” which was directed by Jon Turteltaub. After that, in 2008, she was seen appearing as Lisa in a French thriller movie “Anything for Her”. In the following year, she was seen appearing in a war movie “Inglourious Basterds” which was directed by Quentin Tarantino. Later, she was seen playing the role of Anna in a science fiction drama movie, written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael “Mr. Nobody”.

In the year of 2010, she appeared as Diane Stanton in an American thriller movie “Inhale” which was directed by Baltasar Kormakur. In that year, she was also seen appearing as Miranda Green on an American science fiction television series “Fringe” and seen as Clara in the movie “Lily Sometimes”. Likewise, she was seen in the movies like “Unknown”, “Forces Specials”, “Farewell My Queen”, “Un Plan Parfait”, “The Host”, “Me, Myself and Mum”, “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden”, “The Better Angels” and “Fathers and Daughters”.

Likewise, she was cast as Jessie on a French-Belgian drama-thriller movie “Disorder” which was directed by Alice Winocour in 2015. In that year, she was also seen as Romy in an English-language French-German drama movie “Sky”. Later, she was cast as Kathy Ertz on an American biographical crime thriller movie “The Infiltrator” which was directed by Brad Furman and was written by Ellen Brown Furman.

In addition, Diane Kruger was seen playing the role of Katja Sekerci in the German drama movie “In the Fade” in 2017, and in that year, she was also seen appearing as Julia Keller in a French thriller movie “All That Divides Us”. Later, she was cast in the movies like “JT LeRoy”, “Welcome to Marwen”, “The Operative” and “QT8: The First Eight”. Further, she will be seen appearing as Marie in an upcoming American action spy movie “The 355” in 2022.

 

Television Shows

Diane Kruger was seen appearing as detective Sonya Cross on an American crime drama television series “The Bridge” from 2013 to 2014. Later, he was also cast on a series “Swimming with Sharks” which has not released yet.

 

Awards and Achievements

In Diane Kruger’s career, she had won several awards including Cannes Film Festival, Bambi Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Newport Beach Film Festival, Elle Style Awards, Cannes Film Festival, and Satellite Awards.

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Net Worth

Diane Kruger is one of the popular, attractive, and beautiful actress who has an estimated net worth of $24 million. She became successful in her career because of her hard work and outstanding performances. 

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