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Franka Potente
Actor, Director, Writer
Born July 22, 1974 (48 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.
Filmography
| 2019 | Princess Emmy · as Queen Karla (voice) |
| 2018 | 25 km/h · as Ute |
| 2018 | Between Worlds · as Julie |
| 2018 | Titans (2018) (TV Series) · as Mother Mayhem |
| 2017 | Muse · as Susan Gilard |
| 2017 | Taboo (2017) (TV Series) · as Helga |
| 2017 | Claws (TV Series) · as Zlata |
| 2016 | The Conjuring 2 · as Anita Gregory |
| 2016 | Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord · as Solveig Karlsdóttir |
| 2016 | Der Island-Krimi (TV Series) · as Solveig Karlsdottir |
| 2016 | Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau · as Unknown |
| 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 | Small Lights · as Valerie |
| 2010 | The Sinking of the Laconia (TV Series) · as Hilda Smith |
| 2010 | Shanghai · as Leni Müller |
| 2008 | The Bridge · as Elfie Bauer |
| 2008 | Manhunt · as Beate Klarsfeld |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two · as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider) |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Marie |
| 2007 | Romulus, My Father · as Christina |
| 2007 | Eichmann · as Vera Less |
| 2006 | The Elementary Particles · as Annabelle |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Nadia |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy · as Marie Helene Kreutz |
| 2004 | Creep · as Kate |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Lydia |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story · as Trixie Boudain |
| 2003 | Blueprint · as Iris Sellin |
| 2003 | I Love Your Work · as Mia Lang |
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 · as Paula Henning |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity · as Marie Helena Kreutz |
| 2002 | Try Seventeen · as Jane |
| 2002 | The Shield (TV Series) · as Diro Kesakhian |
| 2001 | Blow · as Barbara Buckley |
| 2001 | Storytelling · as Toby's Editor |
| 2000 | Anatomy · as Paula |
| 2000 | The Princess and the Warrior · as Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt |
| 1999 | Paradise Mall · as Mona Wendt |
| 1999 | Downhill City · as Peggy |
| 1999 | Our Island in the South Pacific · as Kassiererin |
| 1998 | Run Lola Run · as Lola |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? · as Linda |
| 1998 | Opera Ball · as Gabrielle Becker |
| 1997 | Babes' Petrol · as Lena |
| 1997 | Coming In · as Nina |
| 1995 | Nach Fünf im Urwald · as Anna |
| 1994 | Zwei Brüder (TV Series) · as Mara |