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
All Movies (47)
- 23 000 Lives2026
- The Haunted Swordsman2019 · as The Onibaba Witch
- Princess Emmy2019 · as Queen Karla (voice)
- Between Worlds2018 · as Julie
- 25 km/h2018 · as Ute
- Muse2017 · as Susan Gilard
- Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau2016
- Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord2016 · as Solveig Karlsdóttir
- The Conjuring 22016 · as Anita Gregory
- Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe2011 · as Beate Uhse
- Small Lights2010 · as Valerie
- Shanghai2010 · as Leni Müller
- Che: Part Two2008 · as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
- The Bridge2008 · as Elfie Bauer
- Manhunt2008 · as Beate Klarsfeld
- Eichmann2007 · as Vera Less
- The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Romulus, My Father2007 · as Christina
- The Elementary Particles2006 · as Annabelle
- A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper2005 · as Trixie Boudain
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish2005 · as Trixie Boudain
- In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema2004 · as Self
- Creep2004 · as Kate
- The Bourne Supremacy2004 · as Marie Helene Kreutz
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea2004 · as Trixie Boudain
- Blueprint2003 · as Iris Sellin
- Anatomy 22003 · as Paula Henning
- I Love Your Work2003 · as Mia Lang
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story2003 · as Trixie Boudain
- Try Seventeen2002 · as Jane
- The Bourne Identity2002 · as Marie Helena Kreutz
- La mer2002
- Storytelling2001 · as Toby's Editor
- Blow2001 · as Barbara Buckley
- The Princess and the Warrior2000 · as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
- Anatomy2000 · as Paula
- Paradise Mall1999 · as Mona Wendt
- Südsee, eigene Insel1999 · as Kassiererin
- Downhill City1999 · as Peggy
- Am I Beautiful?1998 · as Linda
- Run Lola Run1998 · as Lola
- Opera ball1998 · as Gabrielle Becker
- Blood Sisters1997 · as Lisa Manocci
- Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle1997 · as Lena
- Coming In1997 · as Nina
- It's a Jungle Out There1995 · as Anna
- Liminal—
All TV Shows (35)
- Castlevania: Nocturne2023 · as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
- Mayfair Witches2023 · as Annamieke
- Echo 32022 · as Hildy
- Dark Winds2022 · as Irene Vaggan
- Titans2018 · as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
- Taboo2017 · as Helga
- The Bridge2013 · as Eleanor Nacht
- The Bridge2013 · as Elwood Reid
- Copper2012 · as Eva Heissen
- American Horror Story2011 · as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
- Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell2011 · as Self
- The Sinking of the Laconia2011 · as Hilda Smith
- Psych2006 · as Nadia
- House2004 · as Lydia
- ZIBB2003 · as Self
- Menschen bei Maischberger2003 · as Self
- Through the Night with...2002 · as Self
- The Shield2002 · as Diro Kesakhian
- Aeschbacher2001 · as Self
- Beckmann1999 · as Self
- Opernball1998 · as Gabrielle Becker
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998 · as Self
- Nachtstudio1997 · as Self
- Leute heute1997 · as Self
- Taff1997 · as self
- Zimmer frei!1996 · as Self
- Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self
- Zwei Brüder1994 · as Mara
- NeXt1994 · as Self
- Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin1994 · as self
- Blauer Panther1989 · as Self
- Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self - Presenter
- Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
- German Film Award1951 · as Self
- Bambi1948 · as Self