Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophee Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.
30 Facts About Diane Kruger
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Diane Kruger became known for her roles in film as Helen in the epic war film Troy, Dr Abigail Chase in the heist film National Treasure and its 2007 sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds, and Gina in the psychological thriller film Unknown.
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Diane Kruger starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX crime drama series The Bridge.
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Diane Kruger was brought up Catholic and attended Catholic school.
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Diane Kruger has stated that one of her grandmothers was Polish.
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Diane Kruger was brought up in West Germany with her younger brother, Stefan.
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Diane Kruger's mother sent her to student exchange programs when she was a teenager to improve her English.
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Later, Diane Kruger moved to Paris working as a model and began learning French.
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In 1993, Diane Kruger represented Germany in the Elite Model Look and started modelling afterwards.
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Diane Kruger gradually stopped modelling after deciding to pursue a career in acting.
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Diane Kruger became interested in acting and took lessons at the Cours Florent.
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Diane Kruger made her film debut in 2002, opposite Dennis Hopper and Christopher Lambert in The Piano Player, a TV film by Jean-Pierre Roux.
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Diane Kruger played Julie Wood in 2003's Michel Vaillant and Lisa in Wicker Park, alongside Josh Hartnett and Rose Byrne.
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In 2004, Diane Kruger starred with Nicolas Cage and Sean Bean in the film National Treasure, going on to appear in films Joyeux Noel, and Copying Beethoven.
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Diane Kruger reprised her role as Dr Abigail Chase in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, released in December 2007.
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Diane Kruger was the hostess of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
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Diane Kruger was a jury member of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008.
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Diane Kruger made a cameo appearance in an April 2010 episode of the Fox show Fringe, in which her former boyfriend, actor Joshua Jackson, starred.
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In 2010, Diane Kruger appeared in Mark Ronson's music video for "Somebody to Love Me", where she plays Boy George.
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Diane Kruger starred in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel The Host, which was released in March 2013.
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In 2017, Diane Kruger made a rare film appearance in Germany in the thriller In the Fade by Fatih Akin, she won several awards for her performance.
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In 2019, Diane Kruger replaced Marion Cotillard in the spy movie The 355, playing a BND agent.
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Diane Kruger was included in People "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" 2004 issue.
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Diane Kruger appeared on Maxim "Hot 100" list twice, ranking at No 50 in 2005 and No 88 in 2009.
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Diane Kruger ranked at No 83 on AskMen "Top 99 Women" list in 2010.
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Diane Kruger is a brand ambassador for Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre.
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Diane Kruger has stated that she has a fear of horses and will not take part in any films that require her to ride or interact with horses, revealing that she has given up roles in the past because of this.
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Diane Kruger said that the marriage was unsuccessful because their careers had kept them in different parts of the world.
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In 2015, Diane Kruger met actor Norman Reedus on the set of Sky.
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In November 2018, Diane Kruger gave birth to their daughter, her first and his second child.