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  • BIRTH 22/07/1974
  • Country Germany
  • SHOWS 10
  • MOVIES 19

Franka Potente

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.

Franka Potente

Shows (10)

House
House
Lydia
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
Titans (2018)
Titans (2018)
May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Psych
Psych
Nadia
Castlevania: Nocturne
Castlevania: Nocturne
Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
Taboo (2017)
Taboo (2017)
Helga
The Shield
The Shield
Diro Kesakhian
The Bridge (2013)
The Bridge (2013)
Eleanor Nacht / Elwood Reid
Copper
Copper
Eva Heissen
The Sinking of the Laconia
The Sinking of the Laconia
Hilda Smith

Movies (19)

The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring 2
Anita Gregory
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
Marie Helena Kreutz
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy
Marie Helene Kreutz
Blow
Blow
Barbara Buckley
Lola rennt
Lola rennt
Lola
Anatomie
Anatomie
Paula
Creep
Creep
Kate
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two
Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
Muse
Muse
Susan Gilard
Between Worlds
Between Worlds
Julie
Anatomie 2
Anatomie 2
Paula Henning
Nach Fünf im Urwald
Nach Fünf im Urwald
Anna
Try Seventeen
Try Seventeen
Jane
Blueprint
Blueprint
Iris Sellin
Elementarteilchen
Elementarteilchen
Annabelle
Eichmann
Eichmann
Vera Less
Shanghai
Shanghai
Leni Müller
25 km/h
25 km/h
Ute
I Love Your Work
I Love Your Work
Mia Lang