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.
Filmography (81)
23000 Lives
2026
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023
Mayfair Witches
2023
Echo 3
2022
Dark Winds
2022
Princess Emmy
2019
The Haunted Swordsman
2019
25 km/h
2018
Between Worlds
2018
Titans
2018
Muse
2017
Taboo
2017
The Conjuring 2
2016
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
2016
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2016
The Bridge
2013
Copper
2012
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
American Horror Story
2011
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
Shanghai
2010
Small Lights
2010
Che: Part Two
2008
The Bridge
2008
Manhunt
2008
Romulus, My Father
2007
Eichmann
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
The Elementary Particles
2006
Psych
2006
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
Creep
2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004
House
2004
Anatomy 2
2003
Blueprint
2003
I Love Your Work
2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
ZIBB
2003
The Bourne Identity
2002
Try Seventeen
2002
La mer
2002
The Shield
2002
Through the Night with...
2002
Blow
2001
Storytelling
2001
Aeschbacher
2001
Anatomy
2000
The Princess and the Warrior
2000
Paradise Mall
1999
Downhill City
1999
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999
Beckmann
1999
Run Lola Run
1998
Am I Beautiful?
1998
Opera ball
1998
Opernball
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997
Blood Sisters
1997
Coming In
1997
Leute heute
1997
Nachtstudio
1997
Taff
1997
Zimmer frei!
1996
It's a Jungle Out There
1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Zwei Brüder
1994
NeXt
1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994
Blauer Panther
1989
Goldene Kamera
1984
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
German Film Award
1951
Bambi
1948
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