Franziska Petri

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Franziska Petri at the Berlinale 2017

Franziska Petri (born August 17, 1973 in Leipzig ) is a German actress .

Life

After studying ballet and singing as a child and participating as a singer in several bands from 1992 to 1995, Franziska Petri attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . She is also a trained cleaner . During her acting studies she played at the Schillertheater . Her first television role was a guest appearance in the series Wolffs Revier in 1993 . After a few more television roles, she played her first film role in The Mambospiel in 1998 .

She became known to a wider audience in 2000 through the lead role in Vanessa Jopp's film Forget America . Other leading roles followed, for example in 2001 in Joseph Vilsmaier's film Leo and Claire , in 2006 alongside Hanna Schygulla in the ARD television film Das unreine Mal or in the films The day I met my dead husband , Schattenwelt and Für Miriam . For her leading role in the Russian feature film Izmena , Petri was awarded Best Actress at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival.

Franziska Petri lives in Berlin and was in a relationship with the actor Uwe Kockisch from 1995 to 2005 . In 2010 their first child, a girl, was born.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Web links

Commons : Franziska Petri  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Abu Dhabi Film Festival: 2012 Awards , accessed October 28, 2012.
  2. rtv (magazine) Star portraits: Franziska Petri accessed on and from October 10, 2018