Franka Potente
Acting • Born 1974-07-22
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
80 credits
The Elementary Particles
Movie • 2006
Annabelle
Run Lola Run
Movie • 1998
Lola
Anatomy
Movie • 2000
Paula
Anatomy 2
Movie • 2003
Paula Henning
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Movie • 2004
Trixie Boudain
The Bourne Identity
Movie • 2002
Marie Helena Kreutz
The Bourne Supremacy
Movie • 2004
Marie Helene Kreutz
Blow
Movie • 2001
Barbara Buckley
It's a Jungle Out There
Movie • 1995
Anna
Blueprint
Movie • 2003
Iris Sellin
Storytelling
Movie • 2001
Toby's Editor
Creep
Movie • 2004
Kate
Am I Beautiful?
Movie • 1998
Linda
Paradise Mall
Movie • 1999
Mona Wendt
Che: Part Two
Movie • 2008
Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
I Love Your Work
Movie • 2003
Mia Lang
The Bridge
Movie • 2008
Elfie Bauer
The Princess and the Warrior
Movie • 2000
Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
Movie • 1997
Lena
Romulus, My Father
Movie • 2007
Christina
Eichmann
Movie • 2007
Vera Less
Try Seventeen
Movie • 2002
Jane
Shanghai
Movie • 2010
Leni Müller
La mer
Movie • 2002
Blood Sisters
Movie • 1997
Lisa Manocci
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
Movie • 2011
Beate Uhse
Downhill City
Movie • 1999
Peggy
Manhunt
Movie • 2008
Beate Klarsfeld
Small Lights
Movie • 2010
Valerie
Opera ball
Movie • 1998
Gabrielle Becker
Südsee, eigene Insel
Movie • 1999
Kassiererin
The Conjuring 2
Movie • 2016
Anita Gregory
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie • 2007
Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Muse
Movie • 2017
Susan Gilard
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
Movie • 2016
Solveig Karlsdóttir
25 km/h
Movie • 2018
Ute
Between Worlds
Movie • 2018
Julie
Princess Emmy
Movie • 2019
Queen Karla (voice)
Coming In
Movie • 1997
Nina
The Haunted Swordsman
Movie • 2019
The Onibaba Witch
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
Movie • 2016
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Movie • 2004
Self
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Movie • 2003
Trixie Boudain
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Movie • 2005
Trixie Boudain
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Movie • 2005
Trixie Boudain
The Shield
TV • 2002
Diro Kesakhian
Copper
TV • 2012
Eva Heissen
The Sinking of the Laconia
TV • 2011
Hilda Smith
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
The Bridge
TV • 2013
Eleanor Nacht
The Bridge
TV • 2013
Elwood Reid
Zwei Brüder
TV • 1994
Mara
Psych
TV • 2006
Nadia
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self
Through the Night with...
TV • 2002
Self
Taboo
TV • 2017
Helga
Castlevania: Nocturne
TV • 2023
Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Blauer Panther
TV • 1989
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self - Presenter
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Bavarian Film Awards
TV • 1979
Self
Opernball
TV • 1998
Gabrielle Becker
Titans
TV • 2018
May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Zimmer frei!
TV • 1996
Self
House
TV • 2004
Lydia
Menschen bei Maischberger
TV • 2003
Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV • 1998
Self
Echo 3
TV • 2022
Hildy
Beckmann
TV • 1999
Self
Aeschbacher
TV • 2001
Self
Nachtstudio
TV • 1997
Self
NeXt
TV • 1994
Self
Taff
TV • 1997
self
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
TV • 1994
self
ZIBB
TV • 2003
Self
Mayfair Witches
TV • 2023
Annamieke
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV • 2011
Self
Dark Winds
TV • 2022
Irene Vaggan