
Irina Potapenko
Department: 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.
Known For

Running on Empty
2006

Revanche
2008

The Coming Days
2010

Murder on Amrum
2009

Visitors
2013

Daughters
2014

The Lies of the Victors
2014

Et ekteskap
2011

Driven
2018

Brother and Sister
2016

Der Idiot
2006

Grandmother
2011

Mär - A German Tale
2019

Princess
2006

Aus dem Leben
2024

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016

Der Masuren-Krimi - Mord in Galindien
2025

Der Staatsanwalt
2005

Kommissarin Lucas
2003

In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
2015

Beck is back!
2018

Jenny: Echt gerecht
2018

Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
2014

Der letzte Bulle
2010

Unter Gaunern
2015

Borderland
2017

Der Alte
1977

Joachim Vernau
2012

Scene of the Crime
1970

Nord Nord Mord
2011

Unorthodox
2020

Nord bei Nordost
2024