Vicky Krieps Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Vicky Krieps
Krieps at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 41) Hesperange, Luxembourg
Nationality	Luxembourgish German
Alma mater	Zurich University of the Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Partner(s)	Jonas Laux (2010–present)
Children	2

Vicky Krieps (born 4 October 1983) is an actress from Luxembourg and Germany. She has acted in many movies and TV shows from different countries, including the United States, Luxembourg, France, and Germany. She became widely known for her role in the movie Phantom Thread (2017).

Vicky Krieps has starred in several popular films. These include Hanna (2011), Two Lives (2012), and A Most Wanted Man (2014). More recently, she has appeared in movies like The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), Old (2021), and The Survivor (2021). She received great praise for her acting in Bergman Island (2021), Hold Me Tight (2021), and Corsage (2022). For her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Corsage, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress.

Early Life and Education
Vicky's Acting Career
Personal Life
Awards and Recognitions
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Early Life and Education

Vicky Krieps was born in Hesperange, a town near Luxembourg City. Her father, Bob Krieps, was in charge of a film distribution company. He also worked for the Ministry of Culture in Luxembourg. Her mother is German. Vicky's grandfather, Robert Krieps, was a politician and a member of the Luxembourg Resistance during wartime. He also served as a minister in Luxembourg's government.

Vicky first started acting when she was in secondary school at the Lycée de Garçons de Luxembourg. She also trained at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City. Instead of going straight to a drama school, she chose to work on a social project. This project was at a primary school in a South African township near Knysna. This experience made her even more determined to study acting. Her goal was to perform on stage in plays.

Later, Vicky Krieps attended Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland. While studying there, she also gained acting experience at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, a well-known theater.

Vicky's Acting Career

Vicky Krieps at Berlinale 2018

Vicky Krieps started her career with many roles in films and TV shows from Luxembourg. After that, she began acting in international productions. Some of her early foreign films include Hanna (2011) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). She also had a role in Anonymous (2011).

Her big break came when she starred alongside famous actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the historical film Phantom Thread (2017). In the movie, she played Alma Elson, a young woman who falls in love with an older fashion designer. Critics praised her performance, saying she could easily act alongside a strong actor like Day-Lewis. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

After Phantom Thread, Vicky Krieps continued to take on interesting roles. She played a magazine publisher in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018). She also appeared as Minna Holberg in the drama The Last Vermeer (2019). In 2020, she acted in the TV series Das Boot, playing an interpreter.

In 2021, Vicky Krieps starred in M. Night Shyamalan's horror film Old. She also appeared in the drama Bergman Island. That same year, she was in the HBO film The Survivor and the Netflix film Beckett. She also starred in the drama film Hold Me Tight (2021), which was shown at the 74th Cannes Film Festival. Critics admired her performance, noting how she brought a mix of vulnerability and charm to her character.

Luna Wedler, Margarethe von Trotta and Vicky Krieps at Berlinale 2023

In 2022, Vicky Krieps took on the role of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the historical drama Corsage. She was also an executive producer for this film. Corsage premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. For her work in Corsage, she won the Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize at Cannes. She also received the European Film Award for Best Actress. She continued to act in acclaimed films like More Than Ever (2022) and Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023). In 2023, she played Anne of Austria in the adventure film The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan.

In 2023, she starred in the western drama The Dead Don't Hurt, directed by Viggo Mortensen. The film was shown at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Many described Vicky Krieps as the main character in this modern western. A critic from The Hollywood Reporter said that her performance was "astonishing" and that her character, Vivienne, was "complex, fascinating, and compelling."

Personal Life

Vicky Krieps moved to Berlin, Germany, when she was in her early twenties. She has both Luxembourgish and German citizenship. As of 2021, she lives in Berlin with her two children and her partner, the German actor Jonas Laux [de].

Awards and Recognitions

Vicky Krieps has received several awards for her acting.

In 2008, she won the Best Youngster Award at the Budapest Short Film Festival for La nuit passée.
In 2012, she received the Young Newcomer Award at the Luxembourg Film Awards.
In 2019, she won the Best Actress award at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for her role in Das Boot.
In 2022, she was honored at the Cannes Film Festival with the Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize for Corsage.
Also in 2022, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress for her work in Corsage.
In 2023, she won the Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Austrian Film Awards for Corsage.
In 2023, she received the TIFF Tribute Performer Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.