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.

Фільмографія

• 202623 000 життів — Anne
• Відьми Мейфер — Annamieke
• Кастлванія: Ноктюрн — Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
• Спецзагін «Ехо-3» — Hildy
• Темні вітри — Irene Vaggan
• 2021Home — Writer, Director
• 2019Princess Emmy — Queen Karla (voice)
• 2019The Haunted Swordsman — The Onibaba Witch
• 201825 km/h — Ute
• 2018Між світами — Julie
• Титани — May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
• 2017Muse — Susan Gilard
• Табу — Helga
• 2016Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord — Solveig Karlsdóttir
• 2016Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
• 2016Закляття 2: Енфілдська справа — Anita Gregory
• The Bridge — Eleanor Nacht, Elwood Reid
• Copper — Eva Heissen
• 2011Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe — Beate Uhse
• The Sinking of the Laconia — Hilda Smith
• Американська історія жаху — Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
• 2010Small Lights — Valerie
• 2010Шанхай — Leni Müller
• 2008Manhunt — Beate Klarsfeld
• 2008The Bridge — Elfie Bauer
• 2008Че: Частина друга — Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
• 2007Eichmann — Vera Less
• 2007Romulus, My Father — Christina
• 2007Ультиматум Борна — Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2006Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt — Director
• 2006The Elementary Particles — Annabelle
• Ясновидець — Nadia
• 2005A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper — Trixie Boudain
• 2005The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish — Trixie Boudain
• 2004Creep — Kate
• 2004The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea — Trixie Boudain
• Доктор Хаус — Lydia
• 2004Перевага Борна — Marie Helene Kreutz
• 2003Anatomy 2 — Paula Henning
• 2003Blueprint — Iris Sellin
• 2003I Love Your Work — Mia Lang
• 2003The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story — Trixie Boudain
• 2002La mer
• 2002Try Seventeen — Jane
• 2002Ідентифікація Борна — Marie Helena Kreutz
• Щит — Diro Kesakhian
• 2001Storytelling — Toby's Editor
• 2001Кокаїн — Barbara Buckley
• 2000Anatomy — Paula
• 2000The Princess and the Warrior — Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
• 1999Downhill City — Peggy
• 1999Paradise Mall — Mona Wendt
• 1999Südsee, eigene Insel — Kassiererin
• 1998Am I Beautiful? — Linda
• 1998Opera ball — Gabrielle Becker
• Opernball — Gabrielle Becker
• 1998Біжи, Лоло, біжи — Lola
• 1997Blood Sisters — Lisa Manocci
• 1997Coming In — Nina
• 1997Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle — Lena
• 1996It's a Jungle Out There — Anna
• Zwei Brüder — Mara
• Liminal

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (20)

• Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell — Self
• 2004In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema — Self
• Menschen bei Maischberger — Self
• ZIBB — Self
• Through the Night with... — Self
• Aeschbacher — Self
• Бекманн — Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• Nachtstudio — Self
• Taff — self
• Zimmer frei! — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin — self
• NeXt — Self
• Blauer Panther — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self - Presenter
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• German Film Award — Self
• Bambi — Self