Diane Kruger
Movie Actress — born 1976
Diane Kruger is a German actress and fashion model.
Diane Kruger is a German actress and former fashion model whose international film career includes Troy, National Treasure, Inglourious Basterds, and In the Fade, the last earning her the Best Actress award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. She was born Diane Heidkruger on July 15, 1976, in Algermissen near Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, West Germany, to Hans-Heinrich Heidkruger, a computer specialist, and Maria-Theresa, a bank employee.
A childhood ballet injury ended her dance ambitions, and at fifteen she won an Elite Model Look contest in Germany. She moved to Paris, signed with Elite, and later studied acting at the Cours Florent drama school.
She made her feature debut in the 2002 French film The Piano Player, then took the role of Helen of Troy opposite Brad Pitt and Eric Bana in Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 epic Troy. The same year, National Treasure with Nicolas Cage brought her broad American audiences.
Quentin Tarantino cast her as German actress and Allied agent Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds in 2009, and Fatih Akin's In the Fade in 2017 won her the Cannes prize. She was married to actor Guillaume Canet from 2001 to 2006 and has been with actor Norman Reedus since 2016, with whom she has a daughter.
Their name Diane derives from the Roman goddess Diana, whose name comes from the Latin root meaning "divine" or "heavenly." Diane became fashionable in mid-twentieth-century America and France, peaking in popularity during the 1950s and 1960s.
About the name Diane
Gender: Female · Origin: French
Divine. Mythological Ancient Roman Divinity Diana Was Noted For Beauty And Swiftness: Often Depicted As A Huntress. Greek Goddess Of The Moon. Also Diana Princess Of Wales.