Cast
Franka Potente
Acting
Cast
Franka Potente
Known for
Acting
Born
1974-07-22
From
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also known as Franke 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.
★5.3
MOVIE2026
23 000 Lives
as Anne
★7.3
MOVIE2016
The Conjuring 2
as Anita Gregory
★7.5
MOVIE2002
The Bourne Identity
as Marie Helena Kreutz
★7.3
MOVIE2004
The Bourne Supremacy
as Marie Helene Kreutz
★7.4
MOVIE2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE2001
Blow
as Barbara Buckley
★7.3
MOVIE1998
Run Lola Run
as Lola
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Creep
as Kate
★6.6
MOVIE2008
Che: Part Two
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
★5.0
MOVIE2018
Between Worlds
as Julie
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Muse
as Susan Gilard
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Shanghai
as Leni Müller
MOVIETBA
Liminal
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Anatomy
as Paula
★6.2
MOVIE2002
Try Seventeen
as Jane
★6.9
MOVIE2018
25 km/h
as Ute
★4.9
MOVIE2004
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Trixie Boudain
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Storytelling
as Toby's Editor
★6.4
MOVIE2019
The Haunted Swordsman
as The Onibaba Witch
★4.6
MOVIE2003
I Love Your Work
as Mia Lang
★6.1
MOVIE2006
The Elementary Particles
as Annabelle
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Eichmann
as Vera Less
★6.7
MOVIE1998
Am I Beautiful?
as Linda
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Romulus, My Father
as Christina
★6.2
MOVIE2002
La mer
★5.7
MOVIE2003
Anatomy 2
as Paula Henning
★5.2
MOVIE2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Trixie Boudain
★5.8
MOVIE2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Trixie Boudain
★6.7
MOVIE1996
It's a Jungle Out There
as Anna
★7.0
MOVIE2000
The Princess and the Warrior
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
★7.2
MOVIE2019
Princess Emmy
as Queen Karla (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2008
Manhunt
as Beate Klarsfeld
★4.3
MOVIE1999
Südsee, eigene Insel
as Kassiererin
★4.3
MOVIE2003
Blueprint
as Iris Sellin
★6.1
MOVIE1999
Paradise Mall
as Mona Wendt
★6.1
MOVIE2011
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
as Beate Uhse
★5.0
MOVIE2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Trixie Boudain
★2.3
MOVIE2010
Small Lights
as Valerie
★5.7
MOVIE2016
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
★4.7
MOVIE1997
Coming In
as Nina
★4.1
MOVIE1997
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
as Lena
★7.4
MOVIE1998
Opera ball
as Gabrielle Becker
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Downhill City
as Peggy
MOVIE2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE2008
The Bridge
as Elfie Bauer
★4.3
MOVIE1997
Blood Sisters
as Lisa Manocci
★6.3
MOVIE2016