Acting credits
63
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Franka Potente
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.7
Moderate attention
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Movies: 43Series: 22Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 679
IMDb ID: nm0004376
Known for: Acting
Born: July 22, 1974
Age: 51
Place of birth: Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2023
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q65105
Also known as
Franke Potente
Other jobs
Director (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Franka Potente.
6.7
Home
Writer
2021 Movie
7.5
The Haunted Swordsman
as The Onibaba Witch
2019 Movie
7.2
Princess Emmy
as Queen Karla (voice)
2019 Movie
5.0
Between Worlds
as Julie
2018 Movie
6.9
25 km/h
as Ute
2018 Movie
5.8
Muse
as Susan Gilard
2017 Movie
5.8
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
as Solveig Karlsdóttir
2016 Movie
7.3
The Conjuring 2
as Anita Gregory
2016 Movie
6.1
Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
as Beate Uhse
2011 Movie
6.1
Shanghai
as Leni Müller
2010 Movie
6.6
Che: Part Two
as Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
2008 Movie
4.3
The Bridge
as Elfie Bauer
2008 Movie
7.0
Manhunt
as Beate Klarsfeld
2008 Movie
6.0
Eichmann
as Vera Less
2007 Movie
7.4
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 Movie
5.7
Romulus, My Father
as Christina
2007 Movie
4.9
Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt
Director
2006 Movie
6.1
The Elementary Particles
as Annabelle
2006 Movie
5.3
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Trixie Boudain
2005 Movie
4.9
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Trixie Boudain
2005 Movie
6.0
Creep
as Kate
2004 Movie
7.3
The Bourne Supremacy
as Marie Helene Kreutz
2004 Movie
4.6
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Trixie Boudain
2004 Movie
4.1
Blueprint
as Iris Sellin
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Franka Potente.
7.8
Castlevania: Nocturne
as Erzsebet Báthory (voice) • 11 eps
2023 Series
7.3
Mayfair Witches
as Annamieke • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.8
Echo 3
as Hildy • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Titans
as May Bennett / Mother Mayhem • 12 eps
2018 Series
7.9
Taboo
as Helga • 2 eps
2017 Series
6.6
The Bridge
as Eleanor Nacht • 11 eps
2013 Series
6.1
Copper
as Eva Heissen • 23 eps
2012 Series
8.1
American Horror Story
as Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown • 2 eps
2011 Series
6.5
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.4
The Sinking of the Laconia
as Hilda Smith • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.9
Psych
as Nadia • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.6
House
as Lydia • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.0
Through the Night with...
as Self • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.1
The Shield
as Diro Kesakhian • 3 eps
2002 Series
2.0
Beckmann
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
Opernball
as Gabrielle Becker • 2 eps
1998 Series
3.2
Taff
as self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.3
Zimmer frei!
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.1
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self • 4 eps
1995 Series
5.5
Zwei Brüder
as Mara • 1 eps
1994 Series
2.8
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
as self • 1 eps
1994 Series
9.0
Bambi
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series