Portrait of Irina Potapenko

Irina Potapenko

Acting

Biography

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irina Potapenko, licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: January 1, 1986

Place of Birth: Repubblica autonoma di Crimea

Filmography

2024
Aus dem Leben

as Iryna Melnik

2024
2020
Unorthodox

as Trine

2018
2018
2018
Beck is back!

as Natascha Fedarenko

2017
Borderland

as Jelena

2016
2015
2014
The Lies of the Victors

as Frau Kodolski

2014
Daughters

as Julja

2013
Visitors

as Katharina

2012
Joachim Vernau-Reihe

as Tatjana Wolgast

2011
2011
Nord Nord Mord

as Maria Inonesco

2010
2010
Der letzte Bulle

as Katrin Weiss

2009
Murder on Amrum

as Mathilda Hervas

2008
Revanche

as Tamara

2006
Princess

as Katharina - the Russian emigrée

2006
Der Idiot

as Adelaida Iwanowna

2006
2005
Der Staatsanwalt

as Natalia Krüger

2003
Kommissarin Lucas

as Alina Popescu

1977
Der Alte

as Maja Petrescu

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Christina Chorol