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.
81 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 81
House
2004
American Horror Story
2011
Psych
2006
ZIBB
2003
The Shield
2002
Leute heute
1997
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Titans
2018
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
Dark Winds
2022
Bambi
1948
Beckmann
1999
Zimmer frei!
1996
Taff
1997
German Film Award
1951
The Bourne Identity
2002
The Conjuring 2
2016
Goldene Kamera
1984
Aeschbacher
2001
Mayfair Witches
2023
Taboo
2017
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
The Bridge
2013
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994
Between Worlds
2018
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023
Blauer Panther
1989
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
Through the Night with...
2002
Nachtstudio
1997
Blow
2001
Copper
2012
Echo 3
2022
NeXt
1994
Run Lola Run
1998
Shanghai
2010
Zwei Brüder
1994
Che: Part Two
2008
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
Creep
2004
Try Seventeen
2002
Storytelling
2001
Anatomy
2000
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Opernball
1998
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
I Love Your Work
2003
Muse
2017
The Elementary Particles
2006
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
Anatomy 2
2003
Blueprint
2003
The Princess and the Warrior
2000
Romulus, My Father
2007
Eichmann
2007
Princess Emmy
2019
Am I Beautiful?
1998
25 km/h
2018
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
La mer
2002
The Bridge
2008
23000 Leben
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The Haunted Swordsman
2019
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
2016
Downhill City
1999
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011
Paradise Mall
1999
It's a Jungle Out There
1995
Manhunt
2008
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999
Opera ball
1998
Small Lights
2010
Liminal
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Blood Sisters
1997
Coming In
1997
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2016
