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 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.
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Movies (47)
23 000 Lives
2026 · Anne
Home
2021 · Writer, Director
The Haunted Swordsman
2019 · The Onibaba Witch
Princess Emmy
2019 · Queen Karla (voice)
El portal del más allá
2018 · Julie
25 km/h
2018 · Ute
Las musas del diablo
2017 · Susan Gilard
El Conjuro 2
2016 · Anita Gregory
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011 · Beate Uhse
Small Lights
2010 · Valerie
Shanghai
2010 · Leni Müller
Che: Guerrilla
2008 · Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
The Bridge
2008 · Elfie Bauer
Manhunt
2008 · Beate Klarsfeld
Eichmann
2007 · Vera Less
Bourne: El ultimátum
2007 · Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Romulus, My Father
2007 · Christina
Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
2006 · Director
The Elementary Particles
2006 · Annabelle
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Trixie Boudain
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005 · Trixie Boudain
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Self
La criatura
2004 · Kate
La supremacía Bourne
2004 · Marie Helene Kreutz
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004 · Trixie Boudain
Blueprint
2003 · Iris Sellin
Anatomy 2
2003 · Paula Henning
I Love Your Work
2003 · Mia Lang
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · Trixie Boudain
Try Seventeen
2002 · Jane
Identidad desconocida
2002 · Marie Helena Kreutz
La mer
2002
Storytelling
2001 · Toby's Editor
Blow: Inhala
2001 · Barbara Buckley
The Princess and the Warrior
2000 · Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
Anatomy
2000 · Paula
Paradise Mall
1999 · Mona Wendt
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999 · Kassiererin
Downhill City
1999 · Peggy
Am I Beautiful?
1998 · Linda
Run Lola Run
1998 · Lola
Opera ball
1998 · Gabrielle Becker
Blood Sisters
1997 · Lisa Manocci
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997 · Lena
Coming In
1997 · Nina
It's a Jungle Out There
1996 · Anna
Liminal
TV shows (35)
Castlevania: Nocturno
2023 · Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
Las brujas de Mayfair
2023 · Annamieke
Echo 3
2022 · Hildy
Dark Winds
2022 · Irene Vaggan
Titanes
2018 · May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Tabú
2017 · Helga
Der Island-Krimi
2016 · Solveig Karlsdottir
The Bridge
2013 · Eleanor Nacht, Elwood Reid
Copper
2012 · Eva Heissen
American Horror Story
2011 · Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011 · Self
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · Hilda Smith
Psych
2006 · Nadia
Dr. House
2004 · Lydia
ZIBB
2003 · Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
Through the Night with...
2002 · Self
El Escudo
2002 · Diro Kesakhian
Aeschbacher
2001 · Self
Beckmann
1999 · Self
Opernball
1998 · Gabrielle Becker
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
Nachtstudio
1997 · Self
Leute heute
1997 · Self
Taff
1997 · self
Zimmer frei!
1996 · Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Zwei Brüder
1994 · Mara
NeXt
1994 · Self
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994 · self
Blauer Panther
1989 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self - Presenter
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self