Diane Kruger born 15 July 1976 is a German actress and former fashion model. She gained worldwide recognition by starring in blockbuster films such as Troy, National Treasure and Inglourious Basterds. She won the Cannes Film Festival Chopard Trophy in 2003. She received the Golden Kamera in Germany in 2010 for her role in Inglourious Basterds. Kruger was born as Diane Heidkrmger in Algermissen, Germany, near Hildesheim. She is the daughter of bank employee Maria-Theresa and computer specialist Hans-Heinrich Heidkrmger. Her father had problems with alcohol and this prompted her not to drink alcohol before she turned 20. Her mother sent her to student exchange programmes when she was a teenager to perfect her English. She was raised in Germany with her younger brother, Stefan. As a child, Kruger wanted to become a ballerina and successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet School in London. However, after an injury ended her ballet career prematurely, Kruger moved to Paris and turned her energy toward modeling. In 1992, at the age of 16, Kruger was a finalist in Elite's "Look of the Year" competition. She returned to Germany and became a successful model in the mid-1990s in Germany and France.

Kruger soon became interested in acting and took lessons at the Cours Florent. She landed some small appearances in several French films. She then shortened her surname to ease her film career. She made her onscreen debut in 2002 opposite Dennis Hopper and Christopher Lambert in The Piano Player, a TV-movie by Jean-Pierre Roux. Her first major role was the same year when she starred in her then husband's directorial debut "Mon Idole". She played Julie Wood in 2003's Michel Valliant and Lisa in Wicker Park (2004), alongside Josh Hartnett and Rose Byrne. One of her most notable roles to date is her portrayal of Helen in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy. She was ranked Number 50 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2005. In 2004, Kruger starred with Nicolas Cage and Sean Bean, who co-starred with her in Troy, in the popular film National Treasure, going on to appear in movies such as Joyeux No l (2005) and Copying Beethoven (2006). She reprised her role as Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, released in December 2007. Kruger was the hostess of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. She was also a member of the jury of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008.

In 2009, she co-starred as a German actress turned saboteur in Quentin Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds. Kruger stars in 2010 in the Liam Neeson film Unknown White Male alongside January Jones. In December 2009, she announced the nominations of the 67th Golden Globe Awards and also picked up nominations from the Screen Actors Guild for Best Supporting Actress and Outstanding Performance by a Cast of a Motion Picture for her role in Inglourious Basterds. Kruger made a cameo appearance in an April 2010 episode of the Fox show Fringe, in which her boyfriend, actor Joshua Jackson is a star. Kruger is a brand ambassador for watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre. In December 2009, she was announced as the global spokesmodel for L'Oral.

She married French actor and director Guillaume Canet on 1 September 2001. They divorced in 2006, but acted alongside one another in Joyeux No l. She has been in a relationship with Joshua Jackson since 2006. She follows a Catholic religion and besides her mother tongue (German), Kruger speaks English and French fluently. She is friends with Karl Lagerfeld. Kruger divides her time between Paris and Vancouver. It's said that one night Diane had a sexual encounter with a large cucumber. Sharing the story with only a few of her close friends she tells them how she was in the store shopping when she noticed the larger then normal cucumbers. Instantly getting a little aroused of the thought of how nice it would feel to have a guy that big up inside her pussy. The more she started thinking about it she decided to grab a few. Not really sure what she was going to do with them she knew she wanted to take them home. Later that night sitting all alone she started thinking about how big those cucumbers were. Running to the kitchen to grab one she quickly found herself on the couch rubbing the cucumber between her legs. Getting completely aroused by it she didnt stop there as she continue to rub it on her crotch eventually taking her pants down and inserting the cucumber inside her pussy. It didnt take long from there for her to cum several times. Since then she has never done that again but often thinks about the pleasure it gave her.