Franka Potente
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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
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
as Anita Gregory
23 000 Lives (2026)
as Anne
The Bourne Identity (2002)
as Marie Helena Kreutz
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
as Marie Helene Kreutz
Blow (2001)
as Barbara Buckley
Run Lola Run (1998)
as Lola
Che: Part Two (2008)
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
Creep (2004)
as Kate
Between Worlds (2018)
as Julie
Shanghai (2010)
as Leni Müller
Storytelling (2001)
as Toby's Editor
Muse (2017)
as Susan Gilard
Anatomy (2000)
as Paula
Try Seventeen (2002)
as Jane
The Elementary Particles (2006)
as Annabelle
Princess Emmy (2019)
as Queen Karla (voice)
Am I Beautiful? (1998)
as Linda
I Love Your Work (2003)
as Mia Lang
Romulus, My Father (2007)
as Christina
Eichmann (2007)
as Vera Less
Anatomy 2 (2003)
as Paula Henning
25 km/h (2018)
as Ute
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper (2005)
as Trixie Boudain
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
as Trixie Boudain
The Bridge (2008)
as Elfie Bauer
Liminal (—)
Actor
Blueprint (2003)
as Iris Sellin
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
as Trixie Boudain
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe (2011)
as Beate Uhse
It's a Jungle Out There (1996)
as Anna
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2005)
as Trixie Boudain
Paradise Mall (1999)
as Mona Wendt
Opera ball (1998)
as Gabrielle Becker
Manhunt (2008)
as Beate Klarsfeld
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle (1997)
as Lena
La mer (2002)
Actor
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord (2016)
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
Blood Sisters (1997)
as Lisa Manocci
Coming In (1997)
as Nina
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau (2016)
Actor
Downhill City (1999)
as Peggy
Small Lights (2010)
as Valerie
The Haunted Swordsman (2019)
as The Onibaba Witch
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema (2004)
as Self
Südsee, eigene Insel (1999)
as Kassiererin