Franziska Petri
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1973-08-17 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Biography
From 1992 to 1995, Franziska Petri studied at the renowned „Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art“ in Berlin. Her cinema debut was a part in „The Big Mambo“ („Das Mambospiel“) by Michael Gwisdek in 1997, which opened the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. With her first leading role in in the award-winning „Forget America“ („Vergiss Amerika“) she attracted both critics' and audiences' attention. After leading roles in the most diverse cinema productions like the historic drama „Leo & Claire“ by Joseph Vilsmaier, the quirky comedy „Max & Moritz Reloaded“ by Thomas Frydetzki, the gloomy thriller „The Heart Is a Dark Forest“ („Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald“) by Nicolette Krebitz, the political drama „Long Shadows“ („Schattenwelt“) by Connie Walther or the psychological drama „Memory“ („Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf“) by Matthias Luthardt, she appeared in the psychothriller „For Miriam“ („Für Miriam“) by Lars Gunnar Lotz. For her outstanding performance in „For Miriam“ she was awarded
Best Actress at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009 (Perspektive Deutsches Kino),
Best Actress at La Cabina. Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes de Valencia, Spain 2010
and Best Actress at the 11th Aubagne International Film Festival, France 2010. In 2011 she played the starring role in Kirill Serebrennikov's dark tale of love Izmena/Betrayal, which premiered in the official competition of the Venice Film Festival 2012. For her impressive performance she was awarded Best Actress at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Known For
TV Shows (20)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Nadine Schuricke / Angela Meerbaum
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Dina Klink
SOKO Köln
2003
as Hiltrud Emmert
A Case For Two
1981
as Britta Abels
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
SOKO Stuttgart
2009
as Elke Resch
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Nicole Balser
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Maria Franke / Natascha Schwenke / Marion Evans
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Isabel Lagrette
Die Wache
1994
as Isabell Winkler
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
as Imke Stern
Der Kriminalist
2006
as Kim Falkenberg
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Yvonne Urlach
Donna Leon
2000
as Signorina Benedetta Lerini
Flemming
2009
as Valerie Venhaus
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998
as Ellen Winter
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009
as Terrorist
Das Konto
2004
as Laura Spiegelberg
Movies (31)
The Duelist
2016
as Aleksandra Iosifovna
Betrayal
2012
as She
Porno!Melo!Drama!
2007
as Nico
The Volcano
1999
as Nathalie
Max and Moritz Reloaded
2005
as Sozialbeamtin Paula Winter
Midsommar Stories
1999
as Jacqueline (segment "Sabotage")
Der Kronzeuge
2007
as Denise
Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub
1998
as Steffi
The Big Mambo
1998
as Julia
Forget America
2000
as Anna
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007
as Anna
Für Miriam
2009
Platonow
2015
as Sonja
Leo & Claire
2002
as Irene Scheffler
Operation Medusa
1995
as Gilda Gerber
Wen die Liebe trifft
2005
as Franka Rhomberg
Dolores
2016
as Dolores Moor
Come Closer
2021
Long Shadows
2008
as Valerie Matos
Wenn eine Mutter ihr Leben verspielt
2001
as Mona Lutter
Tage des Sturms
2003
as Claudia Brücken
Wolfsland – Irrlichter
2018
as Leonore Pfister
Off Season
2019
as Judith
Hotel Auschwitz
2019
as Sabine
Midsummer Night's Murder
2016
as Monika Löffelhart
Das unreine Mal
2006
as Susanne 'Susa' Henk
Endloser Horizont
2006
as Elisabeth 'Lilly' Meier
Die Nachtschwester
2000
Annas Fluch - Tödliche Gedanken
1998
as Marie Welte
Mord an der roten Rita
1995
as Rita
Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf
2008
as Helene
About Franziska Petri
From 1992 to 1995, Franziska Petri studied at the renowned „Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art“ in Berlin. Her cinema debut was a part in „The Big Mambo“ („Das Mambospiel“) by Michael Gwisdek in 1997, which opened the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. With her first leading role in in the award-winning „Forget America“ („Vergiss Amerika“) she attracted both critics' and audiences' attention. After leading roles in the most diverse cinema productions like the historic drama „Leo & Claire“ by Joseph Vilsmaier, the quirky comedy „Max… With 51 credits spanning from 1970 to 2021, Franziska Petri has appeared in 31 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Franziska Petri Movies
- The Duelist (2016) — as Aleksandra Iosifovna
- Betrayal (2012) — as She
- Porno!Melo!Drama! (2007) — as Nico
- The Volcano (1999) — as Nathalie
- Max and Moritz Reloaded (2005) — as Sozialbeamtin Paula Winter
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