Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top fashion model. She later pursued acting and relocated to Paris at the suggestion of filmmaker Luc Besson (The Fifth Element (1997)). She married French actor Guillaume Canet (The Beach (2000/I)) in 2001.
Diane Kruger is a former fashion model and a German actress who came into prominence with films such as Troy and National Treasure. She was born in Algermissen and passed out from a Catholic school. She regularly participated in student exchange programs in a bid to improve her English. Though she successfully auditioned for the Royal ballet School, her career was cut short by an injury. She moved to Paris to embark on her modeling career. There she became interested in films and even appeared in a number of French films.
she was selected among many other candidates to play the legendary beauty Helen of Troy in Wolfgang_Petersen's historical epic Troy (2004). The latter film ended up being released before Wicker_Park, thus becoming her high-profile introduction to the American public. She also starred opposite Nicolas_Cage in Jon_Turteltaub's National_Treasure. In 2009 she had a small but important part in Quentin Tarantino's award-winning Inglorious Basterds.
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