Franka Potente
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Bourne Identity
as Marie Helena Kreutz 2002
The Conjuring 2
as Anita Gregory 2016
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited) 2007
The Bourne Supremacy
as Marie Helene Kreutz 2004
Blow
as Barbara Buckley 2001
Run Lola Run
as Lola 1998
Creep
as Kate 2004
Che: Part Two
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider) 2008
Muse
as Susan Gilard 2017
Anatomy
as Paula 2000
Between Worlds
as Julie 2018
25 km/h
as Ute 2018
Storytelling
as Toby's Editor 2001
Shanghai
as Leni Müller 2010
The Elementary Particles
as Annabelle 2006
The Princess and the Warrior
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt 2000
Try Seventeen
as Jane 2002