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

2023
Castlevania: Nocturne

as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)

2022
Echo 3

as Hildy

2019
The Haunted Swordsman

as The Onibaba Witch

2019
Princess Emmy

as Queen Karla (voice)

2018
2018
25 km/h

as Ute

2018
Titans

as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem

2017
Muse

as Susan Gilard

2017
Taboo

as Helga

2016
2016
The Conjuring 2

as Anita Gregory

2013
The Bridge

as Eleanor Nacht

2013
The Bridge

as Elwood Reid

2012
Copper

as Eva Heissen

2011
American Horror Story

as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown

2011
2010
Small Lights

as Valerie

2010
Shanghai

as Leni Müller

2008
Che: Part Two

as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)

2008
The Bridge

as Elfie Bauer

2008
Manhunt

as Beate Klarsfeld

2007
Eichmann

as Vera Less

2007
The Bourne Ultimatum

as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
Romulus, My Father

as Christina

2006
2006
Psych

as Nadia

2005
A Life in Suitcases

as Trixie Boudain

2004
Creep

as Kate

2004
The Bourne Supremacy

as Marie Helene Kreutz

2004
House

as Lydia

2003
Blueprint

as Iris Sellin

2003
Anatomy 2

as Paula Henning

2003
I Love Your Work

as Mia Lang

2003
ZIBB

as Self

2002
2002
The Bourne Identity

as Marie Helena Kreutz

2002
2002
The Shield

as Diro Kesakhian

2001
Storytelling

as Toby's Editor

2001
Blow

as Barbara Buckley

2001
Aeschbacher

as Self

2000
The Princess and the Warrior

as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt

2000
Anatomy

as Paula

1999
Paradise Mall

as Mona Wendt

1999
Südsee, eigene Insel

as Kassiererin

1999
Downhill City

as Peggy

1999
Beckmann

as Self

1998
1998
Run Lola Run

as Lola

1998
Opera ball

as Gabrielle Becker

1998
Opernball

as Gabrielle Becker

1997
Blood Sisters

as Lisa Manocci

1997
Coming In

as Nina

1997
Nachtstudio

as Self

1997
Leute heute

as Self

1997
Taff

as self

1996
Zimmer frei!

as Self

1994
Zwei Brüder

as Mara

1994
NeXt

as Self

1989
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self - Presenter

1948
Bambi Awards

as Self

Director

2021
Home

as Director

Writer

2021
Home

as Writer