Franka Potente
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.
Acted in
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023
as Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
Echo 3
2022
as Hildy
The Haunted Swordsman
2019
as The Onibaba Witch
Princess Emmy
2019
as Queen Karla (voice)
Between Worlds
2018
as Julie
25 km/h
2018
as Ute
Titans
2018
as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
Muse
2017
as Susan Gilard
Taboo
2017
as Helga
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau
2016
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
2016
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
The Conjuring 2
2016
as Anita Gregory
The Bridge
2013
as Eleanor Nacht
The Bridge
2013
as Elwood Reid
Copper
2012
as Eva Heissen
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011
as Beate Uhse
American Horror Story
2011
as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
as Hilda Smith
Small Lights
2010
as Valerie
Shanghai
2010
as Leni Müller
Che: Part Two
2008
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
The Bridge
2008
as Elfie Bauer
Manhunt
2008
as Beate Klarsfeld
Eichmann
2007
as Vera Less
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Romulus, My Father
2007
as Christina
Psych
2006
as Nadia
The Elementary Particles
2006
as Annabelle
A Life in Suitcases
2005
as Trixie Boudain
House
2004
as Lydia
Creep
2004
as Kate
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
as Marie Helene Kreutz
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
as Trixie Boudain
Blueprint
2003
as Iris Sellin
Anatomy 2
2003
as Paula Henning
I Love Your Work
2003
as Mia Lang
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as Trixie Boudain
Try Seventeen
2002
as Jane
The Bourne Identity
2002
as Marie Helena Kreutz
The Shield
2002
as Diro Kesakhian
La mer
2002
Storytelling
2001
as Toby's Editor
Blow
2001
as Barbara Buckley
The Princess and the Warrior
2000
as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
Anatomy
2000
as Paula
Paradise Mall
1999
as Mona Wendt
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999
as Kassiererin
Downhill City
1999
as Peggy
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as Linda
Run Lola Run
1998
as Lola
Opera ball
1998
as Gabrielle Becker
Opernball
1998
as Gabrielle Becker
Blood Sisters
1997
as Lisa Manocci
Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle
1997
as Lena
Coming In
1997
as Nina
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
It's a Jungle Out There
1995
as Anna
Zwei Brüder
1994
as Mara
Bayerischer Filmpreis
1979
as Self
Deutscher Filmpreis
1951
as Self
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self