Table of contents:
- Diane Kruger
- Moritz Bleibtreu
- Nastassja Kinski
- Til Schweiger
- Josephine Preuss
- David Cross
- Frank Potente
Video: 7 most famous actors from Germany
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
On July 15, one of the most famous and beautiful German actresses, Diane Kruger, celebrates the birthday. The actress became famous for her role as Elena in Wolfgang Petersen's film Troy. Congratulations to Diane on her 38th birthday and remember other famous actors and actresses from Germany.
Diane Kruger
In 1976, Diana Heidkruger was born in the small German village of Algermissen in the family of a bank employee and a computer specialist. From the age of two, the girl studied ballet. She could have become a famous ballerina, but a knee injury ruined all dreams. In an interview, Diana admitted that it was ballet that taught her work and patience. When her parents divorced, the future actress delivered mail and worked part-time in a pizzeria in order to somehow help her mother.
After she won the contest "Appearance is our everything", the girl was invited to photo shoots, fashion shows.
Kruger began her career in the early 90s as a model. After she won the contest "Appearance is our everything", the girl was invited to photo shoots, fashion shows. She signed a contract with a prestigious modeling agency.
In 1997, Diana auditioned for the lead role in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element. The role went to Milla Jovovich, but the director saw acting potential in the girl, advised her to shorten her last name, quit the modeling business and take up acting. Diane Heidkruger became Diane Kruger. The girl gave up the modeling business. To date, she has played 30 roles.
Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz's parents are actors. He began acting as a child, making his debut in 1977 in the television film News from Uhlenbusch, written by his mother. In the 11th grade, the guy dropped out of school for acting courses in New York. Upon returning to Germany, he played in the theater, worked on television.
In 1997, Moritz played in the film "Knockin 'on Heaven", a year later he had the main role in the action movie "Run Lola Run". Over the past 20 years, Moritz has played more than 60 diverse roles.
Nastassja Kinski
The actress was born into the family of German actor Klaus Kinski and saleswoman Ruth Bridget Toki. When the parents divorced, Nastasya stayed with her mother, who was not working at that moment. They lived in a van, the actress had to steal in order to somehow live. Her film debut for Nastasya was her role in the 1975 film False Movement.
At the age of fifteen, the actress met the director Roman Polanski, with whom she began dating. She played her first major role in Roman's film Tess. For this work, she received a Golden Globe Award and a Cesar nomination.
During her 53 years, Kinski has played more than 60 roles, the last of which was a cameo in the 2013 drama Sweetness. It is interesting that it was Nastasya who advised the novice model Demi Moore to retrain as an actress, which she did.
Til Schweiger
Thiel is now one of the most famous German actors. In his youth, he did not think about a career in the film business. At the institute, Schweiger studied German philology, and then medicine. Then he became disillusioned with all this and entered the Podval Theater School in Cologne. After finishing it, Till began to go to auditions. At first he had to do voice acting for porn films, then he managed to play a cameo role for the series "Lindenstrasse".
In his youth, he did not think about a career in the film business. At the institute, Schweiger studied German philology, and then medicine.
The actor gained worldwide fame thanks to the film "Knockin 'on Heaven", where he played the main role, acted as a screenwriter and for which he received the Moscow Film Festival award for Best Actor. Thiel's first directorial work was "The Polar Bear". Now Schweiger regularly directs films and always plays the main role in them himself.
Schweiger has four children, whom he often uses in his work.
Josephine Preuss
Josefina was born in Brandenburg, the son of a police officer and a history teacher. An interest in cinema was instilled in the future actress by her older sister. At first, Preuss played in local theatrical performances and attended all kinds of circles. The girl went in for gymnastics, aerobics, horse riding, ballet, modern dances, vocals and studied to play the violin for four years.
Josefina played her first role in the TV series Little Einsteins. Then she starred for children's programs and in various TV series. By the age of 28, Josefina had played 40 roles, the last being films such as Timeless. The Ruby Book”,“Pilgrim”and“Male Mistakes”. The second part of "Timeless 2: The Sapphire Book" is scheduled to be released in autumn 2014.
David Cross
David is still a very young, but very talented actor, whose career began in 2002. Then he was approved for a cameo role in the film "Help, I am a boy." Four years later, David played the main role in Detlev Buk's crime drama "It Can't Be Tough", he played fifteen-year-old Michael, who is forced to trade in drugs.
David is still a very young, but very talented actor, whose career began in 2002.
2008 was a particularly successful year for Cross. First, he starred in the fantasy Krabat. Sorcerer's Apprentice ", and secondly, for the film" The Reader "he was nominated for Best Actor at the European Film Awards. By the way, the inimitable Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes joined the young actor in this film.
Frank Potente
The actress was born in Münster, Germany in 1974. Her father was a school teacher, her mother was a nurse. She became a star after filming Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run, followed by roles in The Princess and the Warrior, The Bourne Identity and other major projects. Franka also starred in the first two episodes of House, a show she calls her favorite show.
Potente now lives in Berlin. In 2012, she married actor Derek Richardson.
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