Franka Potente
Born: 1974-07-22 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Mayfair Witches as Annamieke
- Castlevania: Nocturne as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
2022
- Echo 3 as Hildy
2021
- Home ... (Writer)
2019
- Princess Emmy as Queen Karla (voice)
- The Haunted Swordsman as The Onibaba Witch
2018
- Titans as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
- 25 km/h as Ute
- Between Worlds as Julie
2016
- The Conjuring 2 as Anita Gregory
- Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord as Solveig Karlsdóttir
- Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2013
- The Bridge as Eleanor Nacht
2012
- Copper as Eva Heissen
2011
- American Horror Story as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
- The Sinking of the Laconia as Hilda Smith
- Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe as Beate Uhse
2010
- Small Lights as Valerie
- Shanghai as Leni Müller
2008
- The Bridge as Elfie Bauer
- Manhunt as Beate Klarsfeld
- Che: Part Two as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
2007
- The Bourne Ultimatum as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Eichmann as Vera Less
- Romulus, My Father as Christina
2006
- Psych as Nadia
- The Elementary Particles as Annabelle
- Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt ... (Director)
2005
- A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper as Trixie Boudain
2004
- House as Lydia
- The Bourne Supremacy as Marie Helene Kreutz
- Creep as Kate
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea as Trixie Boudain
- In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema as Self
2003
- ZIBB as Self
- Menschen bei Maischberger as Self
- Blueprint as Iris Sellin
- Anatomy 2 as Paula Henning
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story as Trixie Boudain
- I Love Your Work as Mia Lang
2002
- The Shield as Diro Kesakhian
- The Bourne Identity as Marie Helena Kreutz
- Through the Night with... as Self
- La mer
- Try Seventeen as Jane
2001
- Aeschbacher as Self
- Blow as Barbara Buckley
- Storytelling as Toby's Editor
2000
- Anatomy as Paula
- The Princess and the Warrior as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- Paradise Mall as Mona Wendt
- Südsee, eigene Insel as Kassiererin
- Downhill City as Peggy
1998
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- Opera ball as Gabrielle Becker
- Run Lola Run as Lola
- Am I Beautiful? as Linda
- Opernball as Gabrielle Becker
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Taff as self
- Nachtstudio as Self
- Coming In as Nina
- Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle as Lena
- Blood Sisters as Lisa Manocci
1996
- Zimmer frei! as Self
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- It's a Jungle Out There as Anna
1994
- Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin as self
- NeXt as Self
- Zwei Brüder as Mara
1989
- Blauer Panther as Self
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self - Presenter
1979
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1951
- German Film Award as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self