Born 15 July 1976 in Algermissen, near Hildesheim ( to 20 km southeast of Hanover in Germany ). With his blond hair and blue eyes Germanic gray, Diane Kruger has the makings of a star as we did more a hint of dietrichienne rigor and sensitivity all on edge, reminding Romy Schneider comprise this young actress on the rise. Early on, Diane Kruger has a passion for dance and moved to London to join the Royal Ballet in order to become a little rat of the Opera. But his career was interrupted by an injury that puts an end to his dream.
Diane Kruger returned to Germany, became a model, then lived in Paris where she learned the drama at school during the Fleuron. It then receives the Price class free for best actress. She is fluent in German, the French and English. Diane Kruger spent his youth in the campaign in Germany. That is why she is now able to provide its own dubbing in French. At the age of 12 years, Diane Kruger was put on medication to treat his hyperactivity and attention deficit. She leaves her family in 1989 at the age of 13 years to go fulfill his dream of studying the ballerina ballet at the prestigious Royal Ballet School in London.
Three years later ( in 1992 ), a knee injury put an end to his early career as a little rat of opera and forced to return to his homeland. It was almost immediately approached by the agency Elite to begin a career of mannequin International and has 15 years and then moved to Paris where she will learn the French language. It is even an adult one. She met Luc Besson, one of his admirers, who suggested he take the courses of dramatic art of the Cours Florent, which she did in 2000. She met director Fabienne Berthaud who introduced him to the world of movies and starred in her first feature film, Frankie, released in 2005, which incorporates some features of biographical modeling career of actress.
In 2002, it turns in 'Neither for nor against (quite the contrary), by Cédric Klapisch. The same year, Guillaume Canet , her husband asked her to perform in his movie ' My Idol '. It also participates in ' Michel Vaillant 'alongside Sagamore Stevenin. The Hollywood remark and Diane Kruger in the movie adventures 'National Treasure National Treasure' and director Wolfgang Petersen offered him the role of Helen in ' Troy 'alongside Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. It is found in troubled ex-model in ' Frankie ', small film budget, then again alongside Guillaume Canet in the deeply moving ' Merry Christmas ', before their paths separate. She then joined the cast of the much awaited ' Tiger Brigade ', and that of' Goodbye Bafana 'and Canadian film' The Dark Age 'in 2007.
That same year she was Master of Ceremonies at Cannes Film Festival. It always oscillates between French and international productions, for her (2008) and Barefoot on slugs (2010), Inglorious Basterds (2009) and Mr. Nobody (2010). It is everywhere: Marie Antoinette for The Farewell to the Queen by Benoît Jacquot, but also on the jury of the 65th Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, she served as a juror in the 65 th Cannes Film Festival, chaired by the Italian director and actor Nanni Moretti, and surrounded the particular Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, the French actress Emmanuelle Devos, or the stylist French Jean Paul Gaultier. She married French actor and director Guillaume Canet on 1 September 2001.
They acted together in 2005's Joyeux Noël, but divorced in 2006. She has been in a relationship with Joshua Jackson since 2006. During an interview with magazine Glamour, she said, "Without sounding pessimistic, I learned that I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay. A guy friend of mine said, and it made a lot of sense, that people should get married at the end of the road, not the beginning". Besides German, Kruger speaks English and French fluently. She is a friend of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Kruger divides her time between Paris and Vancouver.