Diane Kruger (born July 15, 1976) is a German actress. Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival. Kruger became known for her roles in film as Helen in the epic war film Troy (2004), Dr. Abigail Chase in the heist film National Treasure (2004) and its 2007 sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), and Gina in the psychological thriller film Unknown (2011). She also starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX crime drama series The Bridge (2013–14). In 2017, she made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's In the Fade, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.

Filmography

• 2026All About Corinne
• 2026The Sunrise File — Beate Klarsfeld (voice)
• 2025Amrum — Tessa Bendixen
• Little Disasters — Jess
• The Seduction — Rosemonde
• 2025The Shrouds — Becca Relikh / Terry Gelernt / Hunny
• 2024A Circus Tale & A Love Song — Amber
• 2024Longing — Alice
• 2024MY BAGUETTE / YOUR BAGUETTE — Louise Bourgeois (voice)
• 2024Saint-Exupéry — Noëlle Guillaumet
• 2023Marlowe — Clare Cavendish
• 2023The American — Tatiyana Volkova
• 2023Visions — Estelle Vasseur
• 2022First Love — Kay Albright, Executive Producer
• 2022Out of the Blue — Marilyn, Producer
• Swimming with Sharks — Joyce Holt
• 2022The 355 — Marie Schmidt
• Elle parle d'Elle
• H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories
• 2019J.T. LeRoy — Eva
• 2019The Operative — Rachel
• 2018Welcome to Marwen — Deja Thoris
• 2018Why Are We Creative? — Seft
• 2017All That Divides Us — Julia
• 2017In the Fade — Katja Sekerci
• 2016Sky — Romy, Associate Producer
• 2016The Infiltrator — Kathy Ertz
• 2015Disorder — Jessie
• 2015Fathers and Daughters — Elizabeth
• 2014The Better Angels — Sarah Lincoln
• 2014The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden — Margret Wittmer (voice)
• 2013Me, Myself and Mum — Ingeborg
• The Bridge — Sonya Cross
• 2013The Host — The Seeker / Lacey
• 2012A Perfect Plan — Isabelle
• 2012Farewell, My Queen — Marie Antoinette
• 2011Special Forces — Elsa Casanova
• 2011Unknown — Gina
• 2010Inhale — Diane Stanton
• 2010Lily Sometimes — Clara Dreyer
• 2010Somebody To Love Me — Boy George
• 2009Farewell — Jogging spy
• 2009Inglourious Basterds — Bridget von Hammersmark
• 2009Mr. Nobody — Adult Anna
• 2009Round Da Way — Clémence Santiépi (voice)
• 2008Anything for Her — Lisa Auclert
• Fringe — Miranda Greene (uncredited)
• 2007Days of Darkness — Véronica Star
• 2007Goodbye Bafana — Gloria Gregory
• 2007National Treasure: Book of Secrets — Abigail Chase
• 2007The Hunting Party — Marjana
• 2006Copying Beethoven — Anna Holtz
• 2006Frankie — Frankie
• 2006The Tiger Brigades — Princess Constance Radetsky
• 2005Joyeux Noel — Anna Sörensen
• 2004Narco — La fille du night club
• 2004National Treasure — Abigail Chase
• 2004Troy — Helen
• 2004Wicker Park — Lisa
• 2003Michel Vaillant — Julie Wood
• 2003Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) — La call-girl
• 2002The Piano Player — Erika Nile
• 2002Whatever You Say — Clara
• Lascars — Clémence Santiepi
• A.M.I. — Ami
• Butterfly in the Typewriter — Patricia Rickels
• Each of Us — Gertrud
• La Décision — Nora
• Projet K — Beate Klarsfield
• This Man, This Woman — Kirsty Sachs

Appearances as themselves (37)

• Beau geste — Self
• Drag Race France — Self - Guest Judge
• Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest
• The A Talks — Self - Guest
• 2021Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil — Self
• 2019QT8: The First Eight — Self
• 2018Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story — Self
• 2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015French Cinema Mon Amour — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Seduced and Abandoned — Self
• Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• The One Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• NDR Kultur – Das Journal — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• Leute heute — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Nachtcafé — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - Presenter
• German Film Award — Self
• Bambi — Self