Irina Potapenko
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Revanche
2008
as Tamara
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016
as Paulina Koogan
The Lies of the Victors
2014
as Frau Kodolski
The Coming Days
2010
as Alice
Brother and Sister
2016
as Sonja
Running on Empty
2006
as Larissa
Murder on Amrum
2009
as Mathilda Hervas
Driven
2018
Princess
2006
as Katharina - the Russian emigrée
Visitors
2013
as Katharina
Aus dem Leben
2024
as Iryna Melnik
Daughters
2014
as Julja
Der Idiot
2006
as Adelaida Iwanowna
Der Masuren-Krimi - Mord in Galindien
2025
as Oksana Pavlenko
Mär - A German Tale
2019
as Betty
Et ekteskap
2011
as Tina
Grandmother
2011