My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.

She made her theatrical debut before her graduation at The Small Theatre in Warsaw on 2 October 1912. After this actor-director Willi Forst brought Negri to Germany appear in the film Mazurka (1935). In 1918 Lubitsch convinced UFA to let him create a large-scale film with Negri as the main character.

Her varied career included work as an actress in theater and vaudeville; as a singer and recording artist; as an author; and as a ballerina. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood and become one of the most popular actresses in American silent film.