Franka Potente

Franka Potente

Birthday: 1974-07-22

Place of birth: Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Also known as: Франка Потенте, Franke Potente, フランカ・ポテンテ, فرانکا پوتنته, فرانکا پوته‌نته

imdb_id: nm0004376

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.

Played in movies:

The Haunted Swordsman

Score: 7.5

The Bourne Identity

Score: 7.5

The Bourne Ultimatum

Score: 7.4

Blow

Score: 7.4

The Bourne Supremacy

Score: 7.3

Run Lola Run

Score: 7.3

The Conjuring 2

Score: 7.3

Princess Emmy

Score: 7.2

Opera ball

Score: 7.0

Manhunt

Score: 7.0

The Princess and the Warrior

Score: 7.0

25 km/h

Score: 6.9

Am I Beautiful?

Score: 6.8

It's a Jungle Out There

Score: 6.7

Che: Part Two

Score: 6.7

Storytelling

Score: 6.5

Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord

Score: 6.4

Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau

Score: 6.3

Try Seventeen

Score: 6.2

The Elementary Particles

Score: 6.2

Anatomy

Score: 6.1

Shanghai

Score: 6.1

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe

Score: 6.1

Eichmann

Score: 6.0

Paradise Mall

Score: 6.0

Creep

Score: 6.0

Muse

Score: 5.9

Romulus, My Father

Score: 5.8

La mer

Score: 5.6

Anatomy 2

Score: 5.6

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

Score: 5.3

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Score: 5.2

Downhill City

Score: 5.0

Between Worlds

Score: 5.0

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

Score: 4.9

Coming In

Score: 4.8

I Love Your Work

Score: 4.5

The Bridge

Score: 4.4

Blueprint

Score: 4.1

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Score: 3.9

Südsee, eigene Insel

Score: 3.8

Blood Sisters

Score: 3.0

Small Lights

Score: 2.3

Played in tv shows:

Bambi

Score: 9.0

House

Score: 8.6

The Shield

Score: 8.1

American Horror Story

Score: 8.1

Through the Night with...

Score: 8.0

Psych

Score: 7.9

Taboo

Score: 7.9

Titans

Score: 7.9

Castlevania: Nocturne

Score: 7.9

Mayfair Witches

Score: 7.3

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Score: 7.0

Echo 3

Score: 6.8

The Bridge

Score: 6.6

The Bridge

Score: 6.6

The Sinking of the Laconia

Score: 6.4

Menschen bei Maischberger

Score: 6.3

Zimmer frei!

Score: 6.3

Copper

Score: 6.2

German Film Award

Score: 6.0

Goldene Kamera

Score: 5.7

Zwei Brüder

Score: 5.5

Leute heute

Score: 4.8

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Score: 4.0

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin

Score: 3.3

Taff

Score: 3.2

Beckmann

Score: 2.0

ZIBB

Score: 0.0

NeXt

Score: 0.0

Nachtstudio

Score: 0.0

Aeschbacher

Score: 0.0

Opernball

Score: 0.0

Bavarian Film Awards

Score: 0.0

Blauer Panther

Score: 0.0