Franka Potente
ActingAlso Known As
Franke Potente
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.
Movies
(45 total)
The Bourne Identity
as Marie Helena Kreutz
The Conjuring 2
as Anita Gregory
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bourne Supremacy
as Marie Helene Kreutz
Blow
as Barbara Buckley
Run Lola Run
as Lola
Creep
as Kate
Che: Part Two
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
Muse
as Susan Gilard
Anatomy
as Paula
Between Worlds
as Julie
25 km/h
as Ute
Storytelling
as Toby's Editor
Shanghai
as Leni Müller
The Elementary Particles
as Annabelle
The Princess and the Warrior
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
Try Seventeen
as Jane
Anatomy 2
as Paula Henning
Eichmann
as Vera Less
Romulus, My Father
as Christina
TV Shows
(35 total)
House
as Lydia
American Horror Story
as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
Titans
as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Taboo
as Helga
Psych
as Nadia
The Shield
as Diro Kesakhian
Mayfair Witches
as Annamieke
Castlevania: Nocturne
as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
The Bridge
as Eleanor Nacht
The Bridge
as Elwood Reid
Dark Winds
as Irene Vaggan
Echo 3
as Hildy
Copper
as Eva Heissen
The Sinking of the Laconia
as Hilda Smith
Zimmer frei!
as Self
Taff
as self
Zwei Brüder
as Mara
Beckmann
as Self