Actor
Irina Potapenko
January 1, 1986 · Repubblica autonoma di Crimea
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Lenn Kudrjawizki
2 titles together
Unorthodox, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Jan Josef Liefers
2 titles together
Scene of the Crime, Joachim Vernau
Jane Chirwa
2 titles together
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
Helmfried von Lüttichau
2 titles together
Der letzte Bulle, Murder on Amrum
René Steinke
2 titles together
Der letzte Bulle, Beck is back!
Kailas Mahadevan
2 titles together
Nord Nord Mord, Beck is back!
Full filmography · 31
Der Masuren-Krimi - Mord in Galindien
as Oksana Pavlenko
2025
Aus dem Leben
as Iryna Melnik
2024
Mär - A German Tale
as Betty
2019
Driven
cast
2018
Brother and Sister
as Sonja
20165.7
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
as Paulina Koogan
20166.5
The Lies of the Victors
as Frau Kodolski
20144.2
Daughters
as Julja
2014
Visitors
as Katharina
2013
Et ekteskap
as Tina
2011
Grandmother
cast
2011
The Coming Days
as Alice
20104.9