Actor
Irina Potapenko
Born January 1, 1986 in Repubblica autonoma di Crimea17 films
Irina Potapenko (*1986 in Crimea) is a German-Ukrainian actress. Potapenko was born on the Crimean peninsula in the then Soviet Union. In 1994 she came to Berlin with her mother. Since she was twelve years old, she has played theater, first in a Russian chamber theater, later at the Volksbühne Berlin, among other things, in productions by Frank Castorf. The FilmRevenge was nominated for the Oscar as the best non-English-language film. In addition, she also participated in radio plays.
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In 2009, she was awarded the Actor Award at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival and nominated for Best German Actress in 2012 for the Jupiter Award.
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First watchRevanche20087.2as TamaraAlex, an ex-con working as muscle in a Vienna brothel, dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Tamara, who also works there.View filmEssential films
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17 films as actor- 2025Der Masuren-Krimi - Mord in GalindienOksana Pavlenko
- 2024Aus dem LebenIryna Melnik
- 2019Mär - A German TaleBetty
- 2018Driven
- 2016Brother and SisterSonja
- 2016Stefan Zweig: Farewell to EuropePaulina Koogan
- 2014The Lies of the VictorsFrau Kodolski
- 2014DaughtersJulja
- 2013VisitorsKatharina
- 2011Et ekteskapTina
- 2011Grandmother
- 2010The Coming DaysAlice
- 2009Murder on AmrumMathilda Hervas
- 2008RevancheTamara
- 2006PrincessKatharina - the Russian emigrée
- 2006Der IdiotAdelaida Iwanowna
- 2006Running on EmptyLarissa