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Franka Potente

Franka Potente

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 22, 1974 (51)
Birthplace Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jun 27, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 En ... glish 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.

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Filmography

The Haunted Swordsman

The Haunted Swordsman

2019

as The Onibaba Witch

Between Worlds

Between Worlds

2018

as Julie

Muse

Muse

2017

as Susan Gilard

The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2

2016

as Anita Gregory

Shanghai

Shanghai

2010

as Leni Müller

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

2008

as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)

Romulus, My Father

Romulus, My Father

2007

as Christina

Eichmann

Eichmann

2007

as Vera Less

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

2007

as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Life in Suitcases

A Life in Suitcases

2005

as Trixie Boudain

Creep

Creep

2004

as Kate

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

2004

as Marie Helene Kreutz

I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

2003

as Mia Lang

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

2002

as Marie Helena Kreutz

Try Seventeen

Try Seventeen

2002

as Jane

Blow

Blow

2001

as Barbara Buckley

Storytelling

Storytelling

2001

as Toby's Editor

Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run

1998

as Lola

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Organization Category Movie
BAFTA Awards Best Actress Frost/Nixon Nominated
Television Credits

Copper

as Eva Heissen

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Oct 11, 2012

Titans

as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Oct 12, 2018

The Bridge

as Eleanor Nacht

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jul 10, 2013

The Shield

as Diro Kesakhian

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 12, 2002

Castlevania: Nocturne

as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 28, 2023

The Sinking of the Laconia

as Hilda Smith

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 06, 2011

American Horror Story

as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 2011

Taboo

as Helga

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 07, 2017

Opernball

as Gabrielle Becker

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 15, 1998

The Bridge

as Elwood Reid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 10, 2013

Zwei Brüder

as Mara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1994

Psych

as Nadia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 07, 2006

House

as Lydia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 16, 2004

Echo 3

as Hildy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 22, 2022

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 22, 1998

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 05, 1995

Leute heute

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 23, 1997

Through the Night with...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 10, 2002

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Blauer Panther

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1989

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1966

Bambi Awards

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

Bayerischer Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 1979

Zimmer frei!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 1996

Menschen bei Maischberger

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 2003

Beckmann

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1999

Aeschbacher

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 2001

Nachtstudio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 1997

NeXt

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1994

Taff

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 11, 1997

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 01, 1994

ZIBB

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 10, 2003

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