Nicolette Krebitz (born 2 September 1972) is a German director, actress, model, and singer. She is often credited as Coco in her creative works.

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Nicolette Krebitz
Krebitz in 2012
Born	(1972-09-02) September 2, 1972 (age 51) Berlin, Germany
Other names	Coco
Occupation(s)	Actress, director, model, singer

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Nicolette Krebitz was born on 2 September 1972 in West Berlin, Germany.^[1][2] She made her film debut at age eleven. Later, she hosted television and radio shows for children and attended the Ballett-Centre Berlin and the Fritz-Kirchhoff acting school, also in Berlin.

Krebitz has appeared in over 30 movies, but she is known best for her role in the German-language films Bandits (1997) and Der Tunnel (2001). She also appeared in the English-language film All the Queen's Men (2001). She wrote and directed the 2001 movie Jeans and 2007's The Heart Is a Dark Forest [de].

She is the model on the cover of New Order's 2001 album Get Ready and its associated singles.^[3] Her image is also on the cover and in the sleeve of Terranova's 1999 album Close the Door. She contributed vocals to the Bandits soundtrack and to the Terranova tracks Just Enough, Plastic Stress and Never.

The German hip hop group Fettes Brot together with Indie band Tocotronic has dedicated a song to her entitled "Nicolette Krebitz wartet" ("Nicolette Krebitz is Waiting") which is a cover version of the Bananarama hit "Robert De Niro's Waiting...".

1997 Bavarian Film Award, Best Film Score^[4]