Franziska Petri (born 17 August 1973, in Leipzig) is a German
actress.After ballet and vocal training in the childhood, Franziska
Petri attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from
1992 to 1995 as a singer in several bands. In addition she is a
skilled milliner. During drama studies she played at the Schiller
Theater. Her first television role was a guest appearance in the
Wolffs Revier series in 1993. After a few other television roles she
played her first film role in The Big Mambo in 1998.To a wider
audience she became known in 2000 by the lead role in Vanessa Jopp's
film Forget America. There followed other leading roles, such as 2001
in Joseph Vilsmaier's film Leo and Claire, in 2006 alongside Hanna
Schygulla in the ARD TV movie The Unclean Time or in the films The Day
I met my Dead Husband, Shadow World and For Miriam.For her leading
role in the Russian feature film Betrayal, Petri was honored as the
best actress at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2012.
actress.After ballet and vocal training in the childhood, Franziska
Petri attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from
1992 to 1995 as a singer in several bands. In addition she is a
skilled milliner. During drama studies she played at the Schiller
Theater. Her first television role was a guest appearance in the
Wolffs Revier series in 1993. After a few other television roles she
played her first film role in The Big Mambo in 1998.To a wider
audience she became known in 2000 by the lead role in Vanessa Jopp's
film Forget America. There followed other leading roles, such as 2001
in Joseph Vilsmaier's film Leo and Claire, in 2006 alongside Hanna
Schygulla in the ARD TV movie The Unclean Time or in the films The Day
I met my Dead Husband, Shadow World and For Miriam.For her leading
role in the Russian feature film Betrayal, Petri was honored as the
best actress at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2012.
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