Franka Potente
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1974-07-22 (50 years old)
Place of Birth Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also Known As Франка Потенте, Franke Potente, フランカ・ポテンテ
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
Actor
as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
as Hildy
as The Onibaba Witch
as Queen Karla (voice)
as Julie
as Ute
as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
as Susan Gilard
as Helga
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
as Anita Gregory
as Eleanor Nacht
as Elwood Reid
as Eva Heissen
as Beate Uhse
as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
as Hilda Smith
as Valerie
as Leni Müller
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
as Elfie Bauer
as Beate Klarsfeld
as Vera Less
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Christina
as Annabelle
as Nadia
as Trixie Boudain
as Kate
as Marie Helene Kreutz
as Trixie Boudain
as Lydia
as Iris Sellin
as Paula Henning
as Mia Lang
as Trixie Boudain
as Self
as Self
as Jane
as Marie Helena Kreutz
as Self
as Diro Kesakhian
as Toby's Editor
as Barbara Buckley
as Self
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
as Paula
as Mona Wendt
as Kassiererin
as Peggy
as Self
as Linda
as Lola
as Gabrielle Becker
as Gabrielle Becker
as Self
as Lisa Manocci
as Nina
as Self
as Self
as self
as Self
as Anna
as Self
as Mara
as Self
as self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer