Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 22, 1974
Place of Birth
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Credits
83 titles
Franka Potente
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.
Known For
Filmography
23 000 Lives
Anne
Castlevania: Nocturne
Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
Mayfair Witches
Annamieke
Echo 3
Hildy
Dark Winds
Irene Vaggan
Home
Writer
The Haunted Swordsman
The Onibaba Witch
Princess Emmy
Queen Karla (voice)
Between Worlds
Julie
25 km/h
Ute
Titans
May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Muse
Susan Gilard
Taboo
Helga
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
Solveig Karlsdóttir
The Conjuring 2
Anita Gregory
The Bridge
Eleanor Nacht
Copper
Eva Heissen
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
Beate Uhse
American Horror Story
Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self
The Sinking of the Laconia
Hilda Smith
Small Lights
Valerie
Shanghai
Leni Müller
Che: Part Two
Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
The Bridge
Elfie Bauer
Manhunt
Beate Klarsfeld
Eichmann
Vera Less
The Bourne Ultimatum
Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Romulus, My Father
Christina
Psych
Nadia
Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
Director
The Elementary Particles
Annabelle
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Trixie Boudain
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Trixie Boudain
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
House
Lydia
Creep
Kate
The Bourne Supremacy
Marie Helene Kreutz
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Trixie Boudain
Blueprint
Iris Sellin
Anatomy 2
Paula Henning
ZIBB
Self
I Love Your Work
Mia Lang
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Trixie Boudain
Try Seventeen
Jane
The Bourne Identity
Marie Helena Kreutz
Through the Night with...
Self
The Shield
Diro Kesakhian