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.

Filmography (79 Appearances)

Liminal

23 000 Lives

Castlevania: Nocturne

Mayfair Witches

Echo 3

Dark Winds

The Haunted Swordsman

Princess Emmy

Between Worlds

25 km/h

Titans

Muse

Taboo

Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau

Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord

The Conjuring 2

The Bridge

Copper

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe

American Horror Story

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

The Sinking of the Laconia

Small Lights

Shanghai

Che: Part Two

The Bridge

Manhunt

Eichmann

The Bourne Ultimatum

Romulus, My Father

Psych

The Elementary Particles

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

House

Creep

The Bourne Supremacy

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

Blueprint

Anatomy 2

ZIBB

I Love Your Work

Menschen bei Maischberger

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Try Seventeen

The Bourne Identity

Through the Night with...

The Shield

La mer

Storytelling

Blow

Aeschbacher

The Princess and the Warrior

Anatomy

Paradise Mall

Südsee, eigene Insel

Downhill City

Beckmann

Am I Beautiful?

Run Lola Run

Opera ball

Opernball

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Blood Sisters

Nachtstudio

Leute heute

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Taff

Coming In

Zimmer frei!

It's a Jungle Out There

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Zwei Brüder

NeXt

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin

Blauer Panther

Goldene Kamera

Bavarian Film Awards

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