Diane Kruger

A German-born movie star Diane Kruger was welcomed in the family of a bank employee and a computer specialist. Also, she has a younger brother named Stefan.

She started demonstrating artistic skills from an early age and was interested in learning languages, reading poems and painting. However, her biggest passion was dancing and ballet in particular. She signed up with ballet classes at the age of just 2 and planned to pursue a professional career in that industry, as she was really good at it. However, during one of the performances, she got a knee injury and so, her dream was ruined.

Nonetheless, a future start didn’t give up and took part in a modeling competition of 1991 that she successfully won. After that she relocated to France to turn her energy towards the fashion sphere as well as learning French. Within some time she got interested in acting and started taking lessons at the Cours Florent.

Her debut on a big screen happened in 2002 when she appeared in a film called The Piano Player. Yet, the main breakthrough happened in 2004, when the actress starred in a thriller Wicker Park. In total, the celebrity featured in dozens of great TV projects, including Troy, Inglourious Basterds, Mr. Nobody and others.

And now, it is high time to share the top 5 little-known facts about Kruger’s life. Here you go:

• She is fluent in German, English and French.
• She was close friends with Karl Lagerfeld.
• She is a face of L’Oreal.
• She made appearances for Christian Dior, Burberry, etc.
• She is a brand ambassador for a watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre.