Franziska Petri
Known For
Acting
Born
1973-08-17 in 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.
Most Known For
Scene of the Crime
as Nadine Schuricke
Scene of the Crime
as Angela Meerbaum
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
as Dina Klink
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
SOKO Köln
as Hiltrud Emmert
A Case For Two
as Britta Abels
Zimmer frei!
as Self
SOKO Stuttgart
as Elke Resch
Der Kriminalist
as Kim Falkenberg
Ein starkes Team
as Isabel Lagrette
Im Namen des Gesetzes
as Maria Franke
Im Namen des Gesetzes
as Natascha Schwenke
Im Namen des Gesetzes
as Marion Evans
Wolffs Revier
as Nicole Balser
Der Staatsanwalt
as Imke Stern
Die Wache
as Isabell Winkler
Letzte Spur Berlin
as Yvonne Urlach
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self
The Duelist
as Aleksandra Iosifovna
Donna Leon
as Signorina Benedetta Lerini