Irina Potapenko

Irina Potapenko (* 1986 in Crimea ) is a German - Ukrainian actress .

Life

Potapenko was born on the Crimean peninsula in what was then the Soviet Union . In 1994 she came to Berlin with her mother . She has been acting since she was twelve, first in a Russian chamber theater, later at the Volksbühne Berlin in productions by Frank Castorf, among others . The film Revenche was nominated for an Oscar for best non-English language film . She also appeared in radio plays.

In 2009 she was awarded the Actor Prize at the Max Ophülpreis Film Festival and was nominated for the Jupiter Award for Best German Actress in 2012 .

Filmography (selection)

• 2006: princess
• 2006: Lucy
• 2006: The life insurer
• 2007: birthday
• 2008: Quio - Rising Tide
• 2008: Revenge
• 2009: Moruk
• 2009: Murderer on Amrum
• 2010: The Rogue Piece
• 2010: The coming days
• 2010: México
• 2011: A Marriage
• 2011: Et ecteskap
• 2011: Anduni - Foreign Home
• 2011: Murder behind the curtain
• 2012: beginning of June
• 2012: The visitors
• 2012: Before you
• 2013: Hotel Abendrot
• 2013: The Public Prosecutor - Hot Springs
• 2013: The Old One - Bloody Harvest
• 2013: Commissioner Lucas - Lovergirl
• 2013: The last bull - who flies too high
• 2014: Koslowski & Haferkamp - Russian Week
• 2014: daughters
• 2014: The Lies of the Winner
• 2015: Among crooks - The black sheep
• 2016: Goldfish
• 2016: the siblings
• 2017: hot springs
• 2019: Beck is back! - The bought child
• 2019: In all friendship - The young doctors - Raya Elisa

Radio plays

• 2008: Necklace and calabash (HR / SWR)
• 2008: A Hero of Our Time (HR / SWR / DLF)

Web links

• Irina Potapenko in the Internet Movie Database (English)