Franziska Petri

Known for ActingBorn 1973-08-17 (age 52)Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub

Das Konto

Porno!Melo!Drama!

The Volcano

The Big Mambo

Wenn eine Mutter ihr Leben verspielt

HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin

Donna Leon

Wolfsland – Irrlichter

SOKO Köln

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Im Namen des Gesetzes

Annas Fluch - Tödliche Gedanken

Mord an der roten Rita

Operation Medusa

Leo & Claire

Dolores

Zimmer frei!

SOKO Stuttgart

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

The Duelist

Letzte Spur Berlin

Wen die Liebe trifft

Der Kronzeuge

Betrayal

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

Scene of the Crime

Lasko – Die Faust Gottes

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

Der Staatsanwalt

Ein starkes Team

A Case For Two

Off Season

Midsummer Night's Murder

Forget America

Flemming

Long Shadows

Endloser Horizont

Der Kriminalist

Die Nachtschwester

Midsommar Stories

Tage des Sturms

Wolffs Revier

Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf

Für Miriam

Max and Moritz Reloaded

Das unreine Mal

Come Closer