Irina Potapenko

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.

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Known For

Der Alte

Maja Petrescu

Der Staatsanwalt

Natalia Krüger

Scene of the Crime

Christina Chorol

In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte

Ludmilla Rodionova

Kommissarin Lucas

Alina Popescu

Der letzte Bulle

Katrin Weiss

Nord Nord Mord

Maria Inonesco

Beck is back!

Natascha Fedarenko

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2020	Unorthodox	Trine
2018	Beck is back!	Natascha Fedarenko
2018	Jenny: Echt gerecht	Natascha
2017	Borderland	Jelena
2015	In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte	Ludmilla Rodionova
2015	Unter Gaunern	Irina
2014	Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp	Katjuscha Danielova
2012	Joachim Vernau-Reihe	Tatjana Wolgast
2011	Nord Nord Mord	Maria Inonesco
2010	Der letzte Bulle	Katrin Weiss
2005	Der Staatsanwalt	Natalia Krüger
2003	Kommissarin Lucas	Alina Popescu
1977	Der Alte	Maja Petrescu
1970	Scene of the Crime	Christina Chorol