2022---his-partner-vicky-krieps-has-an-amazing-family-history May 2026

Her family background is a blend of cultures and perspectives that influenced her career:

: Her father, Bob Krieps, managed the Luxembourg Film Fund, which exposed her to the arts early on, though she initially resisted the "Hollywood machine" to maintain her personal integrity. Her family background is a blend of cultures

Krieps often credits this legacy of resistance and intellectual independence for her "subversive" approach to acting and her tendency to choose complex, non-conforming roles. Hollywood, Motherhood, and Vicky Krieps' Ode to Love : He is remembered for his efforts to

: He was arrested by the Nazis and sent to the Hinzert concentration camp . German is her mother's

: He is remembered for his efforts to abolish the death penalty in Luxembourg and for reforming the country's penal code to be more humane. A Multicultural Upbringing

: Krieps grew up in a household where several languages were spoken. Her father is Luxembourgish and her mother is German. She often describes her relationship with languages poetically: Luxembourgish is her father's language, German is her mother's, French is the language of her "heart," and English is the language of her "head".