Franka Potente
Acting
1974-07-22 · 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.
Filmography
Theaters23 000 Lives
2026 · Movie
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023 · Series
Mayfair Witches
2023 · Series
Echo 3
2022 · Series
Dark Winds
2022 · Series
Home
2021 · Movie
The Haunted Swordsman
2019 · Movie
Princess Emmy
2019 · Movie
Between Worlds
2018 · Movie
25 km/h
2018 · Movie
Titans
2018 · Series
Muse
2017 · Movie
Taboo
2017 · Series
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2016 · Movie
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
2016 · Movie
The Conjuring 2
2016 · Movie
The Bridge
2013 · Series
Copper
2012 · Series
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011 · Movie
American Horror Story
2011 · Series
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011 · Series
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · Series
Small Lights
2010 · Movie
Shanghai
2010 · Movie
Che: Part Two
2008 · Movie
The Bridge
2008 · Movie
Manhunt
2008 · Movie
Eichmann
2007 · Movie
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Movie
Romulus, My Father
2007 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
2006 · Movie
The Elementary Particles
2006 · Movie
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Movie
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005 · Movie
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004 · Movie
House
2004 · Series
Creep
2004 · Movie
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Movie
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004 · Movie
Blueprint
2003 · Movie
Anatomy 2
2003 · Movie
ZIBB
2003 · Series
I Love Your Work
2003 · Movie
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Series
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · Movie
Try Seventeen
2002 · Movie
The Bourne Identity
2002 · Movie
Through the Night with...
2002 · Series
The Shield
2002 · Series
La mer
2002 · Movie
Storytelling
2001 · Movie
Blow
2001 · Movie
Aeschbacher
2001 · Series
The Princess and the Warrior
2000 · Movie
Anatomy
2000 · Movie
Paradise Mall
1999 · Movie
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999 · Movie
Downhill City
1999 · Movie
Beckmann
1999 · Series
Am I Beautiful?
1998 · Movie
Run Lola Run
1998 · Movie
Opernball
1998 · Series
Opera ball
1998 · Movie
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Series
Blood Sisters
1997 · Movie
Nachtstudio
1997 · Series
Leute heute
1997 · Series
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997 · Movie
Taff
1997 · Series
Coming In
1997 · Movie
Zimmer frei!
1996 · Series
It's a Jungle Out There
1996 · Movie
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Series
Zwei Brüder
1994 · Series
NeXt
1994 · Series
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994 · Series
Blauer Panther
1989 · Series
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Series
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Series
German Film Award
1951 · Series
Bambi
1948 · Series
Liminal
Movie