Name
Franka Potente
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1974-07-22 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Biography
Franka Potente is a German film actress and singer. She was born on July 22, 1974 in Münster North Rhine-Westphalia and raised in nearby Dülmen. She first appeared in the comedy After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995) and gained critical recognition in the action thriller Lola rennt (released in English as Run Lola Run) (1998). Potente received Germany's highest film and television awards for her performances in Run Lola Run and Opernball. After half a decade of critically acclaimed roles in German films, Potente gained Hollywood's attention by playing the role of Barbara Buckley in Blow (2001) and the female lead with Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002). In 2006, she starred with Eric Bana in the Australian film Romulus, My Father, for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Industry Award for Best Lead Actress. Also in 2006, she wrote and directed Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt, a silent comedy. She has also appeared in several American television series including, The Shield in 2007, House M.D. in 2009 and Psych in 2010. As of 2011, she played Hilda in a BBC drama The Sinking of the Laconia. When not working on location, Potente lives in Berlin.
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- 2006 The Elementary Particles as Annabelle
- 1998 Run Lola Run as Lola
- 2000 Anatomy as Paula
- 2003 Anatomy 2 as Paula Henning
- 2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea as Trixie Boudain
- 2002 The Bourne Identity as Marie Helena Kreutz
- 2004 The Bourne Supremacy as Marie Helene Kreutz
- 2001 Blow as Barbara Buckley
- 1996 It's a Jungle Out There as Anna
- 2003 Blueprint as Iris Sellin
- 2001 Storytelling as Toby's Editor
- 2004 Creep as Kate
- 1998 Am I Beautiful? as Linda
- 1999 Paradise Mall as Mona Wendt
- 2008 Che: Part Two as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
- 2003 I Love Your Work as Mia Lang
- 2008 The Bridge as Elfie Bauer
- 2000 The Princess and the Warrior as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
- 1997 Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle as Lena
- 2007 Romulus, My Father as Christina
- 2007 Eichmann as Vera Less
- 2002 Try Seventeen as Jane
- 2010 Shanghai as Leni Müller
- 2002 La mer
- 1997 Blood Sisters as Lisa Manocci
- 2011 Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe as Beate Uhse
- 1999 Downhill City as Peggy
- 2008 Manhunt as Beate Klarsfeld
- 2010 Small Lights as Valerie
- 1998 Opera ball as Gabrielle Becker
- 1999 Südsee, eigene Insel as Kassiererin
- 2016 The Conjuring 2 as Anita Gregory
- 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2017 Muse as Susan Gilard
- 2016 Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord as Solveig Karlsdóttir
- 2018 25 km/h as Ute
- 2018 Between Worlds as Julie
- 2019 Princess Emmy as Queen Karla (voice)
- 1997 Coming In as Nina
- 2019 The Haunted Swordsman as The Onibaba Witch
- 2016 Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
- 2004 In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema as Self
- 2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story as Trixie Boudain
- 2005 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish as Trixie Boudain
- 2005 A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper as Trixie Boudain
- 2026 23 000 Lives as Anne
- Soon Liminal
- 2002 The Shield ( 3 episodes ) as Diro Kesakhian
- 2012 Copper ( 23 episodes ) as Eva Heissen
- 2011 The Sinking of the Laconia ( 2 episodes ) as Hilda Smith
- 2011 American Horror Story ( 2 episodes ) as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
- 2013 The Bridge ( 11 episodes ) as Eleanor Nacht
- 2013 The Bridge ( 1 episode ) as Elwood Reid
- 1994 Zwei Brüder ( 1 episode ) as Mara
- 2006 Psych ( 1 episode ) as Nadia
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2002 Through the Night with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Taboo ( 2 episodes ) as Helga
- 2023 Castlevania: Nocturne ( 11 episodes ) as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
- 1997 Leute heute ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1951 German Film Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Blauer Panther ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 Goldene Kamera ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 Bavarian Film Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Opernball ( 2 episodes ) as Gabrielle Becker
- 2018 Titans ( 12 episodes ) as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
- 1996 Zimmer frei! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Lydia
- 2003 Menschen bei Maischberger ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 Echo 3 ( 1 episode ) as Hildy
- 1999 Beckmann ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Aeschbacher ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Nachtstudio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 NeXt ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Taff ( 1 episode ) as self
- 1994 Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin ( 1 episode ) as self
- 2003 ZIBB ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Mayfair Witches ( 2 episodes ) as Annamieke
- 2011 Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Dark Winds ( 8 episodes ) as Irene Vaggan
