Franka Potente
Born 1974
Known for The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Run Lola Run.
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.
Movie Credits
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau (2016)
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe (2011)
Small Lights (2010)
Creep (2004)
Blueprint (2003)
Anatomy (2000)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Princess Emmy (2019)
Between Worlds (2018)
Muse (2017)
The Bridge (2008)
Romulus, My Father (2007)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Try Seventeen (2002)
Eichmann (2007)
Blow (2001)
25 km/h (2018)
The Elementary Particles (2006)
Anatomy 2 (2003)
Shanghai (2010)
Südsee, eigene Insel (1999)
A Life in Suitcases (2005)
I Love Your Work (2003)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
23 000 Lives (2026)
23 000 Lives (2026)
Che: Part Two (2008)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Storytelling (2001)
