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Franka Potente
Actor, Director, Writer, ProducerBorn July 22, 1974 (51 years)
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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| 2026 | |
| 2024 | TESTO (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2023 | Castlevania: Nocturne (TV Series) · as Erzsebet Báthory (voice) |
| 2023 | Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches (TV Series) · as Annamieke |
| 2022 | Echo 3 (TV Series) · as Hildy |
| 2022 | Dark Winds (TV Series) · as Irene Vaggan |
| 2019 | Princess Emmy · as Queen Karla (voice) |
| 2018 | Between Worlds · as Julie |
| 2018 | 25 km/h · as Ute |
| 2018 | Titans (2018) (TV Series) · as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem |
| 2017 | Muse · as Susan Gilard |
| 2017 | Claws (TV Series) · as Zlata |
| 2017 | Taboo (2017) (TV Series) · as Helga |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord · as Solveig Karlsdóttir |
| 2016 | Der Island-Krimi (TV Series) · as Solveig Karlsdottir |
| 2016 | The Conjuring 2 · as Anita Gregory |
| 2015 | Dark Matter (TV Series) · as Chief Inspector Shaddick |
| 2013 | The Bridge (2013) (TV Series) · as Eleanor Nacht |
| 2012 | Copper (TV Series) · as Eva Heissen |
| 2011 | Beate Uhse - Das Recht auf Liebe · as Beate Uhse |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown |
| 2010 | The Sinking of the Laconia (TV Series) · as Hilda Smith |
| 2010 | Small Lights · as Valerie |
| 2010 | Shanghai · as Leni Müller |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two · as Tania (haydee Tamara Bunke Bider) |
| 2008 | The Bridge · as Elfie Bauer |
| 2008 | Manhunt · as Beate Klarsfeld |
| 2007 | Eichmann · as Vera Less |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Romulus, My Father · as Christina |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Nadia |
| 2006 | The Elementary Particles · as Annabelle |
| 2005 | A Life in Suitcases · as Trixie Boudain |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Lydia |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish · as Trixie Boudain |
| 2004 | Creep · as Kate |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy · as Marie Helene Kreutz |
| 2004 | The Bourne Identity: The Bourne Diagnosis · as Marie |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea · as Trixie Boudain |
| 2003 | Blueprint · as Iris Sellin |
| 2003 | I Love Your Work · as Mia Lang |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story · as Trixie Boudain |
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 · as Paula Henning |
| 2002 | All I Want · as Jane |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity · as Marie Helena Kreutz |
| 2002 | The Shield (TV Series) · as Diro Kesakhian |
| 2001 | Storytelling · as Toby's Editor |
| 2001 | Blow · as Barbara Buckley |
| 2000 | The Princess and the Warrior · as Simone 'sissi' Schmidt |
| 2000 | Anatomy · as Paula |
| 1999 | Paradise Mall · as Mona Wendt |
| 1999 | Our Island in the South Pacific · as Kassiererin |
| 1999 | Downhill City · as Peggy |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? · as Linda |
| 1998 | Run Lola Run · as Lola |
| 1998 | Opera Ball · as Gabrielle Becker |
| 1997 | Coming In · as Nina |
| 1997 | Babes' Petrol · as Lena |
| 1995 | Nach Fünf im Urwald · as Anna |
| 1994 | Two Brothers (TV Series) · as Mara |