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3	Diane Kruger (born Diane Heidkrüger, 15 July 1976) is a German-American supermodel-turned-actress.
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5	She is best known for her roles in ''Film/{{Troy}}'', ''Film/NationalTreasure'' and ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', as well as two seasons as the co-lead for ''[[Series/TheBridgeUS The Bridge]]''.
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7	She was married to French actor-director Creator/GuillaumeCanet from 2001 to 2006, and she has been in a relationship with Creator/NormanReedus since 2016. The two have a daughter together. She became a US citizen in 2013.
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9	!!'''Roles:'''
10	* ''Duelles'' (2002): Sabine
11	* ''Film/ThePianoPlayer'' (2002): Erika
12	* ''Film/{{Troy}}'' (2004): Helen
13	* ''Film/WickerPark'' (2004): Lisa
14	* ''Film/NationalTreasure'' (2004): Abigail Chase
15	* ''Film/JoyeuxNoel'' (2005): Anna Sorenson
16	* ''Film/CopyingBeethoven'' (2006): Anna Holtz
17	* ''Film/NationalTreasure2BookOfSecrets'' (2007): Abigail Chase
18	* ''Film/AnythingForHer'' (2008): Lisa
19	* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' (2009): Bridget von Hammersmark
20	* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' episode "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver" (2010): Miranda Green.
21	* ''Film/MrNobody'' (2010): Anna
22	* ''Film/{{Unknown\|2011}}'' (2011): Gina
23	* ''Film/FarewellMyQueen'' (2012): UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette
24	* ''Film/{{The Host\|2013}}'' (2013): The Seeker/Lacey
25	* ''Series/TheBridgeUS'' (2013-2014): Sonya
26	* ''Film/TheInfiltrator'' (2016): Kathy Ertz
27	* ''Sky'' (2016): Romy
28	* ''Film/InTheFade'' (2017): Katja Sekerci
29	* ''Film/The355'' (2022): Marie Schmidt
30	* ''Film/{{Marlowe\|2022}}'' (2022): Clare Cavendish
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32	!!'''She provides examples of:'''
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34	* ActorSharedBackground: She was a dancer like her character Lisa in ''Film/WickerPark'', having trained at the Royal Ballet School in London until a bad injury cut her career short.
35	* TheCastShowOff: She's fluent in English, French and German, and speaks all three for ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', as well as dubbing herself in any French and German versions of her performances.
36	* DarkHorseCasting: She was cast as Helen of Troy specifically because Wolfgang Peterson wanted an unknown actress in the role. Beforehand, Katie Holmes had been lobbying for it.
37	* EnforcedMethodActing: She agreed to be strangled on camera for a scene in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''.
38	* FakeAmerican: Sometimes she'll play characters who are implied to be American, having lost most of her German accent. Notably in ''Film/MrNobody'', she plays the adult version of Juno Temple.
39	* FakeNationality:
40	** In ''Film/WickerPark'', Lisa is implied to be Czech.
41	** Downplayed in ''Film/FarewellMyQueen'', she plays the Austrian Marie Antoinette, which is quite mild compared to Germany.
42	** In the film ''Unknown'', she plays a Bosnian.
43	** Although she plays a German in ''Film/NationalTreasure'', she's said to be from Saxony. Diane is actually from Lower Saxony.
44	* MsFanservice: She's been nude and/or had sex scenes in a number of her roles. Even aside from that, a lot of her roles highlight Kruger's beauty (let's face it, that would be hard to hide). She's fought to make sure her characters are more than just eye candy though.
45	* NightmareFetishist: She is a noted fan of horror and slasher films, and particularly ''loves'' {{Cruel And Unusual Death}}s - the more...imaginative, the better. When she was dating Creator/JoshuaJackson at the time he was filming ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', she repeatedly demanded she be allowed a cameo appearance ''just'' so she can die a horrifying and gruesome death minutes after her introduction. Come season two, [[Recap/FringeS02E17OliviaInTheLabWithTheRevolver she got her wish]], in what is one of the ''absolute most disturbing'' deaths anyone has faced in its five season run.
46	* NoStuntDouble: She did her own stunts in the car chase scene in ''Film/NationalTreasure''.
47	* PlayingAgainstType: It is very surprising to see her play an InspectorJavert in ''Film/TheHost2013''.
48	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: As soon as ''Film/{{Troy}}'' came out, the New York Times published an article that described her as "too beautiful to play a role of real substance", and she admitted that the film held her back because of it.
49	* VocalEvolution: As seen in ''Film/{{Troy}}'', her German accent was originally much stronger, but she worked to lose it or neutralise it so that she could work more in America. Ironically, by the time of ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', she had to actually put on an accent to play a German character.
50	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
51	** Her breakout role in ''{{Film/Troy}}'' only came about because of ExecutiveMeddling. A very early idea was that Helen would be TheGhost, never appearing on screen, to symbolise how ShroudedInMyth her beauty was. Studio execs insisted Helen appear in the film, and Wolfgang Peterson compromised by looking for unknowns.
52	** Nastassja Kinski was Quentin Tarantino's preferred choice for Bridget von Hammersmark, and Diane was even denied an audition because he didn't think she was actually German. She flew to Germany on her own expense, learning thirty pages of dialogue in two days alternately in English and German, eventually impressing him enough to cast her.
53	** She has replaced Creator/EvaGreen twice, in the films ''Film/MrNobody'' and ''Film/FarewellMyQueen''.

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