Franka Potente
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Liminal
Movie
23 000 Lives
Movie · as Anne
Castlevania: Nocturne
TV · as Erzsebet Báthory (voice) · 11 eps
Mayfair Witches
TV · as Annamieke · 2 eps
Echo 3
TV · as Hildy · 1 ep
Dark Winds
TV · as Irene Vaggan · 8 eps
Princess Emmy
Movie · as Queen Karla (voice)
The Haunted Swordsman
Movie · as The Onibaba Witch
25 km/h
Movie · as Ute
Between Worlds
Movie · as Julie
Titans
TV · as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem · 12 eps
Muse
Movie · as Susan Gilard
Taboo
TV · as Helga · 2 eps
The Conjuring 2
Movie · as Anita Gregory
Der Island-Krimi
TV · as Solveig Karlsdottir · 2 eps
The Bridge
TV · as Eleanor Nacht, Elwood Reid · 11 eps
Copper
TV · as Eva Heissen · 23 eps
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
Movie · as Beate Uhse
The Sinking of the Laconia
TV · as Hilda Smith · 2 eps
American Horror Story
TV · as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown · 2 eps
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shanghai
Movie · as Leni Müller
Small Lights
Movie · as Valerie
Che: Part Two
Movie · as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
The Bridge
Movie · as Elfie Bauer
Manhunt
Movie · as Beate Klarsfeld
Romulus, My Father
Movie · as Christina
Eichmann
Movie · as Vera Less
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie · as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Elementary Particles
Movie · as Annabelle
Psych
TV · as Nadia · 1 ep
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Movie · as Trixie Boudain
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Movie · as Trixie Boudain
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Movie · as Trixie Boudain
The Bourne Supremacy
Movie · as Marie Helene Kreutz
Creep
Movie · as Kate
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Movie · as Self
House
TV · as Lydia · 1 ep
Anatomy 2
Movie · as Paula Henning
Blueprint
Movie · as Iris Sellin
I Love Your Work
Movie · as Mia Lang
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Movie · as Trixie Boudain
Menschen bei Maischberger
TV · as Self · 1 ep
ZIBB
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bourne Identity
Movie · as Marie Helena Kreutz
Try Seventeen
Movie · as Jane
La mer
Movie
The Shield
TV · as Diro Kesakhian · 3 eps
Through the Night with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blow
Movie · as Barbara Buckley
Storytelling
Movie · as Toby's Editor
Aeschbacher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Anatomy
Movie · as Paula
The Princess and the Warrior
Movie · as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
Paradise Mall
Movie · as Mona Wendt
Downhill City
Movie · as Peggy
Südsee, eigene Insel
Movie · as Kassiererin
Beckmann
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Run Lola Run
Movie · as Lola
Am I Beautiful?
Movie · as Linda
Opera ball
Movie · as Gabrielle Becker
Opernball
TV · as Gabrielle Becker · 2 eps
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
Movie · as Lena
Blood Sisters
Movie · as Lisa Manocci
Coming In
Movie · as Nina
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Nachtstudio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Taff
TV · as self · 1 ep
It's a Jungle Out There
Movie · as Anna
Zimmer frei!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Zwei Brüder
TV · as Mara · 1 ep
NeXt
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
TV · as self · 1 ep
Blauer Panther
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Bavarian Film Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep