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Vicky Krieps
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Krieps at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 41)
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 a Luxembourgish-German actress. She has appeared in a number of American, Luxembourgish, French, and German productions. Her breakout role was in the period film Phantom Thread (2017).

Her early films include Hanna (2011), Two Lives (2012) and A Most Wanted Man (2014), and has since starred in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), The Last Vermeer (2019), Old (2021), and The Survivor (2021). She earned acclaim for her performances in Bergman Island (2021), Hold Me Tight (2021), and Corsage (2022). Her portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Corsage earned her the European Film Award for Best Actress.

Early life and education

Krieps was born in Hesperange, Luxembourg City, the daughter of a Luxembourgish father, who managed a film distribution company, and German mother. Her father, Bob Krieps, is the director general of the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg, the former director of Sacem Luxembourg, and the former president of the Luxembourg Film Fund. Several of her films have been funded by the Luxembourg Film Fund, which is supervised by the Ministry of Culture, which then decides which films will be funded by state subsidies. Her paternal grandfather, Robert Krieps, was a politician, war-time member of the Luxembourg Resistance, and Luxembourg's Minister of Justice, National Education and Culture in the 1970s and 1980s.

Krieps had her first acting experiences at the Lycée de Garçons secondary school in Luxembourg, receiving training at the Conservatoire of Luxembourg City. Rather than enrolling in one of the drama schools, she participated in a social project at the primary school of a South African township near Knysna. This confirmed her resolve to study acting, with the goal of performing on theatre stages.

Krieps attended Zurich University of the Arts, while gathering acting experience at Schauspielhaus Zürich.

Career

MJK 08173 Vicky Krieps (Berlinale 2018)
Krieps at Berlinale 2018

Krieps had numerous roles in Luxembourgish films and television series, before starring in foreign productions, such as Hanna (2011), Rommel (2012), Before the Winter Chill (2013) and Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight [de], a biopic about the German aviation pioneer Elly Beinhorn. She also had supporting roles in Anonymous (2011), and A Most Wanted Man (2014).

She had her career breakthrough starring opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in the period film Phantom Thread (2017). The film revolves around the romantic relationship between an older man, a fashion designer, and a younger woman. Receiving critical acclaim for her role, Dan Jolin of Empire stated that Krieps "can hold her own opposite a titan like Day-Lewis", while David Edelstein of Vulture wrote that she is "bewitchingly lucent, her face just masklike enough to make our sudden awareness of all her dark thoughts a shock." The film received six Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture.

Krieps played the magazine publisher in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), and Minna Holberg in the drama film The Last Vermeer (2019). She portrayed the morally compromised Alsatian interpreter in the 2020 television series Das Boot, and subsequently in the second series. In 2021, Krieps starred in M. Night Shyamalan's horror film Old, and in the drama film Bergman Island (2021). That same year, she starred in the HBO film The Survivor and the Netflix film Beckett. She starred in Mathieu Amalric's drama film Hold Me Tight (2021) which premiered at the 74th Cannes Film Festival. Susannah Gruder of IndieWire praised her performance writing, "Krieps, who delivers a disarmingly vulnerable, yet understated performance that keeps the film grounded. Her wispy elegance is tempered by a clumsy charm as she lovingly strokes her daughter’s hair, or floats through the world in her newly-solo life".

MKr23237 Luna Wedler, Margarethe von Trotta und Vicky Krieps (Ingeborg Bachmann, Berlinale 2023)
Luna Wedler, Margarethe von Trotta and Krieps at Berlinale 2023

The following year, she played Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the historical drama Corsage which she also served as an executive producer. The film premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. She won the Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize. Jessica Kiang of Variety praised the casting describing it as "the best showcase for [Krieps]' defiantly peculiar charisma since Phantom Thread. For her performance she received the European Film Award for Best Actress. She continued to act in the acclaimed drama films More Than Ever (2022) and Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023). She played Anne of Austria in the action adventure film The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023).

In 2023, she starred in the western drama The Dead Don't Hurt directed by Viggo Mortensen. The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Krieps is described as being the true central figure of the revisionist Western. Frank Schek of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Krieps delivers yet another astonishing turn in a career that already seems destined for greatness. Her Vivienne — warm yet steely, courageous yet vulnerable, fierce yet loving — is a complex, fascinating character who’s compelling every moment she’s onscreen."

Personal life

Krieps moved to Berlin, Germany, in her early 20s. She has Luxembourgish and German nationality. As of 2021 she resides in Berlin with her two children and her partner, the German actor Jonas Laux [de].

In April 2021, Krieps was part of the controversial campaign #allesdichtmachen ("close everything down"), which featured 50 German-speaking actors making fun of Germany's protective measures against COVID-19. In her video, Krieps says, among other things, that acting helped her to deal with her fear of people. The campaign, released when Germany had more than 80,000 deaths related to COVID-19, was highly criticised as being "tasteless" and "cringe-worthy".

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 La Nuit passée Christina Short film
2009 X on a Map Ana Short film
House of Boys Flower shop girl
2011 Legal.Illegal Kicki Short film
If Not Us, Who? Dörte
Hanna Johanna Zadek
Elle ne pleure pas, elle chante Nurse
Anonymous Bessie Vavasour
2012 Formentera Mara
D'Belle Epoque Belle Documentary
The Treasure Knights and the Secret of Melusina Marie Kutter
Two Lives Kathrin Lehnhaber
Measuring the World Johanna Gauss
2013 Tied Angel
Möbius Olga
Before the Winter Chill Caroline
Brotherhood of Tears Russian woman
2014 A Most Wanted Man Niki
Meer zwischen uns Karen Short film
The Chambermaid Lynn Lynn
2015 M wie Martha Helene Short film
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart Lisa Short film
Outside the Box Yvonne von Geseke
Colonia Dignidad Ursel
2016 Was hat uns bloß so ruiniert Stella
2017 The Young Karl Marx Jenny von Westphalen
Gutland Lucy Loschetter
Phantom Thread Alma Elson
2018 3 Days in Quiberon Hotel maid
The Girl in the Spider's Web Erika Berger
2019 The Last Vermeer Minna Holberg
2020 Faithful Hélène Iveton
2021 Next Door Target Cameo
Bergman Island Chris
Old Prisca Cappa
Beckett Lena
The Survivor Miriam Wofsoniker
Hold Me Tight Clarisse
2022 Corsage Empress Elisabeth of Austria Also executive producer
More Than Ever Hélène
2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert Ingeborg Bachmann
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan Anne of Austria
The Three Musketeers: Milady
The Dead Don't Hurt Vivienne Le Coudy
2024 Went Up the Hill Jill
2025 Hot Milk Ingrid Post-production
TBA Father, Mother, Sister, Brother TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Tatort Mariam Sert Episode: Eine bessere Welt
2012 Rommel Comtesse de La Rochefoucauld Television film
2014 Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight [de] Elly Beinhorn Television film
The Witness House [de] Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier Television film
2015 Tag der Wahrheit Ursel Television film
Mon cher petit village Elisabeth Television film
2017 Der Kriminalist Dr. Kim Koch Episode: Hochrisiko
2018–20 Das Boot Simone Strasser 10 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 Budapest Short Film Festival Best Youngster Award La nuit passée Won
2012 Luxembourg Film Awards Young Newcomer Award N/A Won
2016 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik Best Actress The Chambermaid Lynn Nominated
2017 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Phantom Thread Nominated
2019 Deutscher Fernsehpreis Best Actress Das Boot Won
2022 César Awards Best Actress Hold Me Tight Nominated
2022 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize
(shared with Adam Bessa for Harka)
Corsage Won
2022 European Film Awards European Actress Won
2022 London Film Critics' Circle Actress of the Year Nominated
2023 Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama Nominated
2023 Austrian Film Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Won
2023 Toronto International Film Festival TIFF Tribute Performer Award N/A Honored

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