Some facts about star of the month DIANE KRUGER

Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany on July 15th, 1976. Yes her birthday is this month, so expect a little celebration here on Hero Worship. It's the least I can do for Diane. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top fashion model. She later pursued acting and relocated to Paris at the suggestion of filmmaker Luc Beeson (The Professional, The Fifth Element).

She has a younger brother, Stefan.



Trained at the Cours Florent and won the Classe Libre award for best actor in her year.

 People magazine included Diane in its annual "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" issue in 2004.


She married French actor Guillaume Canet (The Beach (2000/I)) in 2001. Divorced in 2006.

Learned Latin in school for eight years.

German citizen.She is fluent in English, French and German.

Attended a Catholic school in a small German town.

Her biggest hit film is 2004's Troy, which earned nearly half a billion dollars worldwide. She played the central role of Helen.

Diane as Helen of Troy

Other notable films include the two National Treasure films with Nicolas Cage; Wicker Park; and Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds. Her most recent film is 2011's Unknown with Liam Neeson.



 Lived three weeks in a mental hospital to shoot Frankie (2005). She is the only actress in that film, all patients are real.


 She always dubs herself in three languages

 First German to become host (maitresse de cérèmonie) at the Cannes Film Festival (2007).


Longtime companion is Joshua Jackson.

Actress Rose Byrne is having one heck of a year...

Australian actress Rose Byrne is having one terrific year at the movies. Her new film X-MEN: First Class just opened this weekend to number one at the box-office. Rose is still riding high off the success of her other summer movie, Bridesmaids, which cast her as a woman jockeying to be the maid of honor at her friend's wedding. At first she comes across as very unlikable but by the end of the movie, the audience have become very sympathetic to her character. And a few months ago, Rose starred in the horror pic Insididous which defied box office expectations and earned over $50 million in America alone. The film only cost about $1.5 million. So, the 31-year actress is having a really good year.

My first film seeing Rose in was 2004's Troy. She played the slave girl Briseis, who caught Brad Pitt's eye. Rose had appeared earlier in 2002's Star Wars: Attack of the Clones as Dorme, but I did not know it at the time. She would then appear in such films as Wicker Park, 28 Weeks Later and Sunshine. She is one of my favorite modern actresses and it's great to see her doing so well this year. Congratulations Rose. Keep up the good work. Because Bridesmaids and X-MEN are two of my favorite films of the year so far.