Acting
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.
House
2004 · TV
Leute heute
1997 · TV
American Horror Story
2011 · TV
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · TV
Psych
2006 · TV
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994 · TV
Dark Winds
2022 · TV
The Shield
2002 · TV
Taff
1997 · TV
23 000 Lives
2026 · Movie
Bambi
1948 · TV
Titans
2018 · TV
Zimmer frei!
1996 · TV
Beckmann
1999 · TV
The Conjuring 2
2016 · Movie
The Bourne Identity
2002 · Movie
Mayfair Witches
2023 · TV
Taboo
2017 · TV
The Bridge
2013 · TV
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Movie
Through the Night with...
2002 · TV
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Movie
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023 · TV
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011 · TV
Blow
2001 · Movie
Echo 3
2022 · TV
Copper
2012 · TV
Run Lola Run
1998 · Movie
Zwei Brüder
1994 · TV
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011 · TV
Che: Part Two
2008 · Movie
Creep
2004 · Movie
Between Worlds
2018 · Movie
Shanghai
2010 · Movie
Opernball
1998 · TV
Muse
2017 · Movie
I Love Your Work
2003 · Movie
Eichmann
2007 · Movie
Storytelling
2001 · Movie
25 km/h
2018 · Movie
Anatomy 2
2003 · Movie
Anatomy
2000 · Movie
The Elementary Particles
2006 · Movie
The Princess and the Warrior
2000 · Movie
La mer
2002 · Movie
Try Seventeen
2002 · Movie
Romulus, My Father
2007 · Movie
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · Movie
Am I Beautiful?
1998 · Movie
The Bridge
2008 · Movie
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Movie
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005 · Movie
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004 · Movie
Blueprint
2003 · Movie
It's a Jungle Out There
1996 · Movie
Princess Emmy
2019 · Movie
Blood Sisters
1997 · Movie
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011 · Movie
The Haunted Swordsman
2019 · Movie
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997 · Movie
Paradise Mall
1999 · Movie
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999 · Movie
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
2016 · Movie
Manhunt
2008 · Movie
Opera ball
1998 · Movie
Coming In
1997 · Movie
