Acting · Leipzig, Saxony, Germany · Born August 17, 1973
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.
MovieCome Closer
2021
MovieOff Season
2019
as Judith
MovieHotel Auschwitz
2019
as Sabine
MovieWolfsland – Irrlichter
2018
as Leonore Pfister
MovieMidsummer Night's Murder
2016
as Monika Löffelhart
MovieDolores
2016
as Dolores Moor
MovieThe Duelist
2016
as Aleksandra Iosifovna
MoviePlatonow
2015
as Sonja
MovieBetrayal
2012
as She
TVLetzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Yvonne Urlach
TVFlemming
2009
as Valerie Venhaus
TVSOKO Stuttgart
2009
as Elke Resch
TVLasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009
as Terrorist
MovieFür Miriam
2009
MovieLong Shadows
2008
as Valerie Matos
MovieDer Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf
2008
as Helene
MovieThe Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007
as Anna
MovieDer Kronzeuge
2007
as Denise
MoviePorno!Melo!Drama!
2007
as Nico
Das unreine Mal
2006
as Susanne 'Susa' Henk
TVDer Kriminalist
2006
as Kim Falkenberg
Endloser Horizont
2006
as Elisabeth 'Lilly' Meier
MovieWen die Liebe trifft
2005
as Franka Rhomberg
MovieMax and Moritz Reloaded
2005
as Sozialbeamtin Paula Winter
TVDer Staatsanwalt
2005
as Imke Stern
TVDas Konto
2004
as Laura Spiegelberg
TVSOKO Köln
2003
as Hiltrud Emmert
MovieTage des Sturms
2003
as Claudia Brücken
MovieLeo & Claire
2002
as Irene Scheffler
Wenn eine Mutter ihr Leben verspielt
2001
as Mona Lutter
MovieForget America
2000
as Anna
TVDonna Leon
2000
as Signorina Benedetta Lerini
MovieDie Nachtschwester
2000
MovieThe Volcano
1999
as Nathalie
MovieMidsommar Stories
1999
as Jacqueline (segment "Sabotage")
Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub
1998
as Steffi
TVHeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998
as Ellen Winter
Annas Fluch - Tödliche Gedanken
1998
as Marie Welte
MovieThe Big Mambo
1998
as Julia
TVZimmer frei!
1996
as Self
TVAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Dina Klink
TVDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Mord an der roten Rita
1995
as Rita
Operation Medusa
1995
as Gilda Gerber
TValfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
TVIm Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Maria Franke
TVEin starkes Team
1994
as Isabel Lagrette
Die Wache
1994
as Isabell Winkler
TVWolffs Revier
1992
as Nicole Balser
TVA Case For Two
1981
as Britta Abels
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Nadine Schuricke
