Diane Kruger

Kruger married French actor and director Guillaume Canet in 2001, after dating for two years. The couple got divorced in 2005 and do not have any children.

Diane Kruger was born in Algermissen, West Germany to Hans-Heinrich Heidkruger and Maria-Theresa. Her father was a computer specialist and mother used to work in a bank.

She was raised as a Roman Catholic and was sent to a Catholic school. She wanted to become a ballerina and secured admission in the Royal Ballet School, London, but after an injury she had to quit her dream.

Kruger moved to Paris and pursued modeling. She represented her country Germany in the Elite Model Look in 1982 and managed to get advertisement assignments for brands like, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Christian Dior, etc.

She did runway shows for Marc Jacobs, D&G, and Sonia Rykiel and modeled for the cover page of fashion magazines like, Vogue Paris, Cosmopolitan, etc. After pursuing modeling for years, she stopped modeling to get into acting.

She started taking acting lessons at the Cours Florent. This helped her to get cameos in some French movies but it was not until 2002 that she made a proper appearance in a movie—‘The Piano Player’.

In 2003, Kruger played the lead role of ‘Julie Wood’ in the French movie, ‘Michel Vaillant’, starring opposite Sagamore Stevenin. The movie was directed by Louis-Pascal Couvelaire and written by Jean Graton.

She played ‘Lisa’ in ‘Wicker Park—an American psychological romantic mystery film—in 2004, starring along with Josh Harnett and Rose Byrne. It was a remake of the French movie ‘L’Appartement’.

By far, Kruger’s role in Tarantino’s German-American black comedy war film ‘Inglourious Basterds (2009)’ is considered to be her most prominent role. For her role of a German actress turned Allied spy, she earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination.