Franka Potente

Known for ActingBorn 1974-07-22 (age 51)Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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.Read more

Movies & web series

House

Through the Night with...

Bambi

The Shield

American Horror Story

Taboo

Titans

Castlevania: Nocturne

Psych

Dark Winds

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

The Haunted Swordsman

Mayfair Witches

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Identity

The Conjuring 2

Princess Emmy

Opera ball

The Bourne Supremacy

Blow

Menschen bei Maischberger

Run Lola Run

Die Harald Schmidt Show

25 km/h

Echo 3

ZIBB

Manhunt

Home

The Princess and the Warrior

Che: Part Two

The Bridge

Zimmer frei!

Am I Beautiful?

It's a Jungle Out There

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

Storytelling

The Sinking of the Laconia

Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe

Copper

Try Seventeen

La mer

Shanghai

The Elementary Particles

Paradise Mall

Anatomy

Eichmann

Creep