Franka Potente
Acting
Born 1974-07-22
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
83 credits
German Film Award 1
Bavarian TV Awards 1
Bambi Award 1
Awards
Won 1 German Film Award Award
German Film Award 1 won
- — German Film Award Won
Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 1 nominated
- 2001 Best Actress Nominated The Princess and the Warrior
Bavarian TV Awards 1 won
- 1998 Bavarian TV Awards Won
Bambi Award 1 won
- 1998 Bambi Award Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
House
American Horror Story
Psych
The Shield
Dark Winds
Titans
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Leute heute
ZIBB
Taboo
The Conjuring 2
Bambi
23 000 Lives
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Taff
The Bourne Identity
Mayfair Witches
German Film Award
Beckmann
Goldene Kamera
Zimmer frei!
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bridge
The Bourne Ultimatum
Castlevania: Nocturne
Menschen bei Maischberger
Blauer Panther
Bavarian Film Awards
Aeschbacher
Nachtstudio
Through the Night with...
Run Lola Run
Echo 3
Blow
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Che: Part Two
Copper
The Sinking of the Laconia
Creep
Shanghai
NeXt
Between Worlds
Anatomy
Muse
Zwei Brüder
Romulus, My Father
Storytelling
The Elementary Particles
I Love Your Work
Try Seventeen
Anatomy 2
Eichmann
Opernball
Am I Beautiful?
Princess Emmy
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
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Directing
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Other credits
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Writing
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