Irina Potapenko
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.
Movie Appearances
Running on Empty
as Larissa
2006
Revanche
as Tamara
2008
The Coming Days
as Alice
2010
Murder on Amrum
as Mathilda Hervas
2009
Visitors
as Katharina
2013
Daughters
as Julja
2014
The Lies of the Victors
as Frau Kodolski
2014
Et ekteskap
as Tina
2011
Driven
2018
Brother and Sister
as Sonja
2016
Der Idiot
as Adelaida Iwanowna
2006
Grandmother
2011
Mär - A German Tale
as Betty
2019
Princess
as Katharina - the Russian emigrée
2006
Aus dem Leben
as Iryna Melnik
2024
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
as Paulina Koogan
2016
Der Masuren-Krimi - Mord in Galindien
as Oksana Pavlenko
2025
TV Appearances
Der Staatsanwalt
as Natalia Krüger
2005
Kommissarin Lucas
as Alina Popescu
2003
In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
as Ludmilla Rodionova
2015
Beck is back!
as Natascha Fedarenko
2018
Jenny: Echt gerecht
as Natascha
2018
Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
as Katjuscha Danielova
2014
Der letzte Bulle
as Katrin Weiss
2010
Unter Gaunern
as Irina
2015
Borderland
as Jelena
2017
The Old Fox
as Maja Petrescu
1977
Joachim Vernau
as Tatjana Wolgast
2012
Scene of the Crime
as Christina Chorol
1970