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Born Diane Heidkrüger in Hildesheim, Germany, Diane Kruger
initially aspired to be a dancer and studied with the Royal
Ballet in London. When an injury ended her hopes for a dancing
career, she began modeling in Germany, where she became a
finalist of the Look of the Year contest at the age of 15. She
worked with renowned fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana, and her
pictures graced the covers of magazines like Vogue and Elle.
Moving to Paris on the advice of film director Luc Besson,
Kruger decided to take up acting and enrolled in the Ecole
Florent, where she became top of her class in 2002.
The same year, the actress made her big-screen debut opposite
Dennis Hopper and Christopher Lambert in the indie feature The
Piano Player (aka The Target), but she was not truly revealed
until her role in Mon Idole, co-starring and directed by her
real-life companion Guillaume Canet. After a couple more acting
assignments in France, Kruger began her Hollywood career by
acting alongside Josh Hartnett and Rose Byrne in Wicker Park, a
remake of the 1996 French film L'Appartement. While still
filming Wicker Park in 2003, 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
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