Diane Kruger is a German actress who began as a model before turning to film. Born in Algermissen in West Germany, she trained as a ballerina, won the 1992 Elite Model Look national contest and worked in Paris and New York before moving into acting in the late 1990s. She became known as Helen in Troy, as Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure and its sequel, and as Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. She also starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX series The Bridge. In 2017 she made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's In the Fade, which won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
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is a German actress
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born 15 July 1976
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is a German actress
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for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
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Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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is a German actress
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early in her film career
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She also starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX crime drama series The Bridge
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