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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Castlevania: Nocturne as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
- 2022 · Echo 3 as Hildy
- 2019 · The Haunted Swordsman as The Onibaba Witch
- 2019 · Princess Emmy as Queen Karla (voice)
- 2018 · Between Worlds as Julie
- 2018 · 25 km/h as Ute
- 2018 · Titans as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
- 2017 · Muse as Susan Gilard
- 2017 · Taboo as Helga
- 2016 · Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau as
- 2016 · Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord as Solveig Karlsdóttir
- 2016 · The Conjuring 2 as Anita Gregory
- 2013 · The Bridge as Eleanor Nacht
- 2013 · The Bridge as Elwood Reid
- 2012 · Copper as Eva Heissen
- 2011 · Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe as Beate Uhse
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
- 2011 · The Sinking of the Laconia as Hilda Smith
- 2010 · Small Lights as Valerie
- 2010 · Shanghai as Leni Müller
- 2008 · Che: Part Two as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
- 2008 · The Bridge as Elfie Bauer
- 2008 · Manhunt as Beate Klarsfeld
- 2007 · Eichmann as Vera Less
- 2007 · The Bourne Ultimatum as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2007 · Romulus, My Father as Christina
- 2006 · Psych as Nadia
- 2006 · The Elementary Particles as Annabelle
- 2005 · A Life in Suitcases as Trixie Boudain
- 2004 · House as Lydia
- 2004 · Creep as Kate
- 2004 · The Bourne Supremacy as Marie Helene Kreutz
- 2004 · The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea as Trixie Boudain
- 2003 · Blueprint as Iris Sellin
- 2003 · Anatomy 2 as Paula Henning
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2003 · I Love Your Work as Mia Lang
- 2003 · Menschen bei Maischberger as Self
- 2003 · The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story as Trixie Boudain
- 2002 · Try Seventeen as Jane
- 2002 · The Bourne Identity as Marie Helena Kreutz
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2002 · The Shield as Diro Kesakhian
- 2002 · La mer as
- 2001 · Storytelling as Toby's Editor
- 2001 · Blow as Barbara Buckley
- 2001 · Aeschbacher as Self
- 2000 · The Princess and the Warrior as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
- 2000 · Anatomy as Paula
- 1999 · Paradise Mall as Mona Wendt
- 1999 · Südsee, eigene Insel as Kassiererin
- 1999 · Downhill City as Peggy
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Am I Beautiful? as Linda
- 1998 · Run Lola Run as Lola
- 1998 · Opernball as Gabrielle Becker
- 1998 · Opera ball as Gabrielle Becker
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · Blood Sisters as Lisa Manocci
- 1997 · Nachtstudio as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1997 · Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle as Lena
- 1997 · Taff as self
- 1997 · Coming In as Nina
- 1996 · Zimmer frei! as Self
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · It's a Jungle Out There as Anna
- 1994 · Zwei Brüder as Mara
- 1994 · NeXt as Self
- 1994 · Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin as self
- 1989 · Blauer Panther as Self
- 1979 · Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self - Presenter
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self