Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 17, 1973
Place of Birth
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Credits
51 titles
Franziska Petri
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
Filmography
Come Closer
Off Season
Judith
Hotel Auschwitz
Sabine
Wolfsland – Irrlichter
Leonore Pfister
Midsummer Night's Murder
Monika Löffelhart
Dolores
Dolores Moor
The Duelist
Aleksandra Iosifovna
Platonow
Sonja
Betrayal
She
Letzte Spur Berlin
Yvonne Urlach
Flemming
Valerie Venhaus
SOKO Stuttgart
Elke Resch
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
Terrorist
Für Miriam
Long Shadows
Valerie Matos
Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf
Helene
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Anna
Der Kronzeuge
Denise
Porno!Melo!Drama!
Nico
Das unreine Mal
Susanne 'Susa' Henk
Der Kriminalist
Kim Falkenberg
Endloser Horizont
Elisabeth 'Lilly' Meier
Wen die Liebe trifft
Franka Rhomberg
Max and Moritz Reloaded
Sozialbeamtin Paula Winter
Der Staatsanwalt
Imke Stern
Das Konto
Laura Spiegelberg
SOKO Köln
Hiltrud Emmert
Tage des Sturms
Claudia Brücken
Leo & Claire
Irene Scheffler
Wenn eine Mutter ihr Leben verspielt
Mona Lutter
Forget America
Anna
Donna Leon
Signorina Benedetta Lerini
Die Nachtschwester
The Volcano
Nathalie
Midsommar Stories
Jacqueline (segment "Sabotage")
Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub
Steffi
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
Ellen Winter
Annas Fluch - Tödliche Gedanken
Marie Welte
The Big Mambo
Julia
Zimmer frei!
Self
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Dina Klink
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Mord an der roten Rita
Rita
Operation Medusa
Gilda Gerber
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
Im Namen des Gesetzes
Maria Franke
Ein starkes Team
Isabel Lagrette
Die Wache
Isabell Winkler
Wolffs Revier
Nicole Balser
A Case For Two
Britta Abels