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.
The Conjuring 2
as Anita Gregory
The Bourne Identity
as Marie Helena Kreutz
The Bourne Supremacy
as Marie Helene Kreutz
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blow
as Barbara Buckley
Run Lola Run
as Lola
Shanghai
as Leni Müller
Creep
as Kate
Che: Part Two
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
Between Worlds
as Julie
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Trixie Boudain
Anatomy
as Paula
Try Seventeen
as Jane
La mer
Storytelling
as Toby's Editor
Muse
as Susan Gilard
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Trixie Boudain
Am I Beautiful?
as Linda
Romulus, My Father
as Christina
23000 Lives
25 km/h
as Ute
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Trixie Boudain
Eichmann
as Vera Less
I Love Your Work
as Mia Lang
The Princess and the Warrior
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
The Elementary Particles
as Annabelle
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Trixie Boudain
Princess Emmy
as Queen Karla (voice)
Paradise Mall
as Mona Wendt
Anatomy 2
as Paula Henning
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
as Lena
Small Lights
as Valerie
Blueprint
as Iris Sellin
The Haunted Swordsman
as The Onibaba Witch
Südsee, eigene Insel
as Kassiererin
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
The Bridge
as Elfie Bauer
Liminal
It's a Jungle Out There
as Anna
Manhunt
as Beate Klarsfeld
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
as Beate Uhse
Coming In
as Nina
Opera ball
as Gabrielle Becker
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
Blood Sisters
as Lisa Manocci
Downhill City
as Peggy