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Franka Potente

Screenwriter / Penwoman / Film Actress / Film Director / Voice Actress | * 07/22/1974 (49) | Münster (Germany)
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Franka Potente (German: [fʁaŋka po.ˈtɛn.tə] ; born 22 July 1974) is a German actress. She first appeared in the comedy film After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995), for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she portrayed the title role in the acclaimed action thriller Run Lola Run, for which she won a BAMBI Award for Best Actress. She received further critical acclaim and a Bavarian Television Award nomination for her performance in the television film Opernball (also 1998). After half a decade of well-received roles in German productions, Potente made the transition into Hollywood with her role in the biographical crime film Blow (2001), and achieved wider recognition for her appearances in The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004). She portrayed communist revolutionary Tamara Bunke in Che (2008), and psychologist Anita Gregory in ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

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When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their ...

The Bourne Supremacy

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2004 | 3.7/5 | 1h 48min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but f ...

The Bourne Identity

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2002 | 3.7/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob ...

Run Lola Run

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1998 | 3.7/5 | 1h 21min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which ...

The Princess and the Warrior

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2000 | 3.5/5 | 2h 15min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Franka Potente

German Film Award Bavarian TV Awards Bambi Award Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Franka Potente as Actress(41)

as Leslee2023 Blanco
as The Onibaba Witch2019 The Haunted Swordsman
as Queen Karla (voice)2019 Princess Emmy
as Julie2018 Between Worlds
as Ute2018 25 km/h
as Susan Gilard2017 Muse
as Anita Gregory2016 The Conjuring 2
2016 Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
as Beate Uhse2011 Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
as Valerie2010 Small Lights
as Leni Müller2010 Shanghai
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)2008 Che: Part Two
as Elfie Bauer2008 The Bridge
as Beate Klarsfeld2008 Manhunt
as Vera Less2007 Eichmann
as Christina2007 Romulus, My Father
as Annabelle2006 The Elementary Particles
as Trixie Boudain2005 A Life in Suitcases
as Trixie Boudain2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Kate2004 Creep
as Marie Helene Kreutz2004 The Bourne Supremacy
as Mia Lang2003 I Love Your Work
as Trixie Boudain2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Iris Sellin2003 Blueprint
as Paula Henning2003 Anatomy 2
2002 La mer
as Marie Helena Kreutz2002 The Bourne Identity
as Jane2002 Try Seventeen
as Toby's Editor2001 Storytelling
as Barbara Buckley2001 Blow
as Paula2000 Anatomy
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt2000 The Princess and the Warrior
as Kassiererin1999 Südsee, eigene Insel
as Mona Wendt1999 Paradise Mall
as Peggy1999 Downhill City
as Gabrielle Becker1998 Opera ball
as Lola1998 Run Lola Run
as Linda1998 Am I Beautiful?
as Lena1997 Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
as Nina1997 Coming In
as Anna1995 It's a Jungle Out There

TV Shows/Series with Franka Potente as Actress(23)

as Hildy2022 Echo 3
as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem2018 Titans
as Helga2017 Taboo
as Elwood Reid2013 The Bridge
as Eleanor Nacht2013 The Bridge
as Eva Heissen2012 Copper
as Hilda Smith2011 The Sinking of the Laconia
as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown2011 American Horror Story
as Nadia2006 Psych
as Lydia2004 House
as herself2003 Menschen bei Maischberger
as herself2002 Through the Night with...
as Diro Kesakhian2002 The Shield
as herself2001 Aeschbacher
as herself1999 Beckmann
as herself1998 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
as herself1997 Taff
as herself1997 Nachtstudio
as herself1996 Zimmer frei!
as herself1995 The Harald Schmidt Show
as Mara1994 Zwei Brüder
as herself1994 Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
as Self - Presenter??? Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Movies with Franka Potente as Crew(3)

Directing/Director2021 Home
Writing/Writer2021 Home
Directing/Director2006 Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt

Full Name: Franka Potente
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Monday, 07/22 1974 (July) in Münster (Germany) (current age: 49 years + 279 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Educated at: Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts
Spouses (current/former): Derek Richardson
Other names for Franka Potente (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Франка Потенте"
"Franke Potente"
"フランカ・ポテンテ"
Franka Potente frequently works together with these people:
Evan Peters (11x, Actor)
Sarah Paulson (10x, Actress)
Til Schweiger (8x, Actor)
Katharina Thalbach (8x, Actress)
Denis O'Hare (8x, Actor)
Thomas Anders (8x, Actor)
Jan Josef Liefers (8x, Actor)
Hape Kerkeling (8x, Actor)
Frank Elstner (8x, Actor)
Ulla Kock am Brink (8x, Actress)
Heike Makatsch (7x, Actress)
Tom Tykwer (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2838, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024