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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1974
Place of Birth
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also Known As
- Франка Потенте
- Franke Potente
- フランカ・ポテンテ
- فرانکا پوتنته
- فرانکا پوتهنته
Franka Potente
2.2 Popularity
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
7.8
Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023
7.3
Annamieke
Mayfair Witches
2023
6.8
Hildy
Echo 3
2022
7.5
The Onibaba Witch
The Haunted Swordsman
2019
7.2
Queen Karla (voice)
Princess Emmy
2019
5.0
Julie
Between Worlds
2018
6.8
Ute
25 km/h
2018
7.9
May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Titans
2018
5.8
Susan Gilard
Muse
2017
7.9
Helga
Taboo
2017
Credits
Castlevania: Nocturne
as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
2023
7.8
Mayfair Witches
as Annamieke
2023
7.3
Echo 3
as Hildy
2022
6.8
The Haunted Swordsman
as The Onibaba Witch
2019
7.5
Princess Emmy
as Queen Karla (voice)
2019
7.2
Between Worlds
as Julie
2018
5.0
25 km/h
as Ute
2018
6.8
Titans
as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
2018
7.9
Muse
as Susan Gilard
2017
5.8
Taboo
as Helga
2017
7.9
🎬
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2016
6.3
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
2016
5.8
The Conjuring 2
as Anita Gregory
2016
7.3
The Bridge
as Eleanor Nacht
2013
6.6
The Bridge
as Elwood Reid
2013
6.6
Copper
as Eva Heissen
2012
6.1
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
as Beate Uhse
2011
6.1
American Horror Story
as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
2011
8.1
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
as Self
2011
6.5
The Sinking of the Laconia
as Hilda Smith
2011
6.4
🎬
Small Lights
as Valerie
2010
2.3
Shanghai
as Leni Müller
2010
6.1
Che: Part Two
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
2008
6.7
The Bridge
as Elfie Bauer
2008
4.3
Manhunt
as Beate Klarsfeld
2008
7.0
Eichmann
as Vera Less
2007
6.0
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
7.4
Romulus, My Father
as Christina
2007
5.7
Psych
as Nadia
2006
7.9
The Elementary Particles
as Annabelle
2006
6.1
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Trixie Boudain
2005
5.3
🎬
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
as Self
2004
0.0
House
as Lydia
2004
8.6
Creep
as Kate
2004
6.0
The Bourne Supremacy
as Marie Helene Kreutz
2004
7.3
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Trixie Boudain
2004
4.6
Blueprint
as Iris Sellin
2003
4.1
Anatomy 2
as Paula Henning
2003
5.6
🎬
ZIBB
as Self
2003
0.0
I Love Your Work
as Mia Lang
2003
4.5
🎬
Menschen bei Maischberger
as Self
2003
6.3
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Trixie Boudain
2003
5.1
Try Seventeen
as Jane
2002
6.2
The Bourne Identity
as Marie Helena Kreutz
2002
7.5
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
8.0
The Shield
as Diro Kesakhian
2002
8.1
La mer
2002
5.6
Storytelling
as Toby's Editor
2001
6.5
Blow
as Barbara Buckley
2001
7.4
🎬
Aeschbacher
as Self
2001
0.0
The Princess and the Warrior
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
2000
6.9
Anatomy
as Paula
2000
6.1
Paradise Mall
as Mona Wendt
1999
6.0
Südsee, eigene Insel
as Kassiererin
1999
3.5
🎬
Downhill City
as Peggy
1999
5.0
Beckmann
as Self
1999
2.0
Am I Beautiful?
as Linda
1998
6.6
Run Lola Run
as Lola
1998
7.3
Opera ball
as Gabrielle Becker
1998
7.0
Opernball
as Gabrielle Becker
1998
0.0
🎬
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
Blood Sisters
as Lisa Manocci
1997
2.3
🎬
Nachtstudio
as Self
1997
0.0
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
as Lena
1997
3.5
Taff
as self
1997
3.2
Coming In
as Nina
1997
4.0
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
6.3
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
7.1
It's a Jungle Out There
as Anna
1995
6.5
Zwei Brüder
as Mara
1994
5.5
🎬
NeXt
as Self
1994
0.0
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
as self
1994
2.8
🎬
Blauer Panther
as Self
1989
0.0
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self - Presenter
1984
5.7
🎬
Bavarian Film Awards
as Self
1979
0.0
🎬
German Film Award
as Self
1951
6.0
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0