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Franka Potente
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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 A…
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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.
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2026
23 000 Lives
Movie Anne
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2023
Castlevania: Nocturne
TV show Erzsebet Báthory (voice)
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2023
Mayfair Witches
TV show Annamieke
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2022
Echo 3
TV show Hildy
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2022
Dark Winds
TV show Irene Vaggan
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2021
Home
Movie Writer
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2019
The Haunted Swordsman
Movie The Onibaba Witch
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2019
Princess Emmy
Movie Queen Karla (voice)
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2018
Between Worlds
Movie Julie
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2018
25 km/h
Movie Ute
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2018
Titans
TV show May Bennett / Mother Mayhem
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2017
Muse
Movie Susan Gilard
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2017
Taboo
TV show Helga
- 2016
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2016
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
Movie Solveig Karlsdóttir
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2016
The Conjuring 2
Movie Anita Gregory
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2013
The Bridge
TV show Eleanor Nacht
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2012
Copper
TV show Eva Heissen
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2011
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
Movie Beate Uhse
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2011
American Horror Story
TV show Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown
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2011
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV show Self
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2011
The Sinking of the Laconia
TV show Hilda Smith
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2010
Small Lights
Movie Valerie
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2010
Shanghai
Movie Leni Müller
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2008
Che: Part Two
Movie Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
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2008
The Bridge
Movie Elfie Bauer
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2008
Manhunt
Movie Beate Klarsfeld
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2007
Eichmann
Movie Vera Less
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2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2007
Romulus, My Father
Movie Christina
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2006
Psych
TV show Nadia
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2006
Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
Movie Director
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2006
The Elementary Particles
Movie Annabelle
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2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Movie Trixie Boudain
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2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Movie Trixie Boudain
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2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Movie Self
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2004
House
TV show Lydia
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2004
Creep
Movie Kate
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2004
The Bourne Supremacy
Movie Marie Helene Kreutz
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2004
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Movie Trixie Boudain
