- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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 ausgr…
Filmography
movie23 000 Lives
2026
tvCastlevania: Nocturne
2023 · Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
tvMayfair Witches
2023 · Annamieke
tvEcho 3
2022 · Hildy
tvDark Winds
2022 · Irene Vaggan
movieHome
2021 · Writer, Director
movieThe Haunted Swordsman
2019 · The Onibaba Witch
moviePrincess Emmy
2019 · Queen Karla (voice)
movieBetween Worlds
2018 · Julie
movie25 km/h
2018 · Ute
tvTitans
2018 · May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
movieMuse
2017 · Susan Gilard
tvTaboo
2017 · Helga
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
movieDer Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2016
movieDer Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
2016 · Solveig Karlsdóttir
movieThe Conjuring 2
2016 · Anita Gregory
tvThe Bridge
2013 · Eleanor Nacht, Elwood Reid
tvCopper
2012 · Eva Heissen
movieBeate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011 · Beate Uhse
tvAmerican Horror Story
2011 · Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
tvKlein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011 · Self
tvThe Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · Hilda Smith
Small Lights
movieSmall Lights
2010 · Valerie
movieShanghai
2010 · Leni Müller
movieChe: Part Two
2008 · Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
movieThe Bridge
2008 · Elfie Bauer
movieManhunt
2008 · Beate Klarsfeld
movieEichmann
2007 · Vera Less
movieThe Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRomulus, My Father
2007 · Christina
tvPsych
2006 · Nadia
movieDer die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
2006 · Director
movieThe Elementary Particles
2006 · Annabelle
movieA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Trixie Boudain
movieThe Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005 · Trixie Boudain
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
movieIn Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Self
tvHouse
2004 · Lydia
movieCreep
2004 · Kate
movieThe Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Marie Helene Kreutz
movieThe Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004 · Trixie Boudain
movieBlueprint
2003 · Iris Sellin
movieAnatomy 2
2003 · Paula Henning
ZIBB
tvZIBB
2003 · Self
movieI Love Your Work
2003 · Mia Lang
Menschen bei Maischberger
tvMenschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
movieThe Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · Trixie Boudain
movieTry Seventeen
2002 · Jane
movieThe Bourne Identity
2002 · Marie Helena Kreutz
tvThrough the Night with...
2002 · Self
tvThe Shield
2002 · Diro Kesakhian
movieLa mer
2002
movieStorytelling
2001 · Toby's Editor
movieBlow
2001 · Barbara Buckley
Aeschbacher
tvAeschbacher
2001 · Self
movieThe Princess and the Warrior
2000 · Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
movieAnatomy
2000 · Paula
movieParadise Mall
1999 · Mona Wendt
movieSüdsee, eigene Insel
1999 · Kassiererin
Downhill City
movieDownhill City
1999 · Peggy
tvBeckmann
1999 · Self
movieAm I Beautiful?
1998 · Linda
movieRun Lola Run
1998 · Lola
movieOpera ball
1998 · Gabrielle Becker
tvOpernball
1998 · Gabrielle Becker
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
tvThe Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
movieBlood Sisters
1997 · Lisa Manocci
Nachtstudio
tvNachtstudio
1997 · Self
tvLeute heute
1997 · Self
movieDie drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997 · Lena
tvTaff
1997 · self
movieComing In
1997 · Nina
tvZimmer frei!
1996 · Self
tvDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
movieIt's a Jungle Out There
1995 · Anna
tvZwei Brüder
1994 · Mara
NeXt
tvNeXt
1994 · Self
tvExclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994 · self
Blauer Panther
tvBlauer Panther
1989 · Self
Goldene Kamera
tvGoldene Kamera
1984 · Self - Presenter
Bavarian Film Awards
tvBavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
tvBambi
1948 · Self
Liminal
movieLiminal
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