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Franka Potente

Cast & creator

Franka Potente

1974-07-22 (age 52) Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyIMDb

Best known for American Horror Story, House, ZIBB

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.

Also known as: Franke Potente

Movies

50

film credits

Series

35

television credits

Career

82

1948–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.3

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown · 2011

House

House

Lydia · 2004

ZIBB

Self · 2003

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self · 1995

Leute heute

Leute heute

Self · 1997

Across film & television

Filmography (85)

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American Horror Story

American Horror Story

Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown

House

House

Lydia

ZIBB

Self

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self

Leute heute

Leute heute

Self

Psych

Psych

Nadia

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Self

The Shield

The Shield

Diro Kesakhian

Titans

Titans

May Bennett / Mother Mayhem

Taff

Taff

self

Beckmann

Beckmann

Self

Zimmer frei!

Zimmer frei!

Self

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin

self

Menschen bei Maischberger

Self

Bambi

Bambi

Self

German Film Award

Self

The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2

Anita Gregory

Aeschbacher

Self

Dark Winds

Dark Winds

Irene Vaggan

Mayfair Witches

Mayfair Witches

Annamieke

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

Marie Helena Kreutz

Goldene Kamera

Self - Presenter

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

Self

Through the Night with...

Through the Night with...

Self

The Bridge

The Bridge

Eleanor Nacht

The Bridge

The Bridge

Elwood Reid

Taboo

Taboo

Helga

Nachtstudio

Self

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

Marie Helena Kreutz (archive footage) (uncredited)

Castlevania: Nocturne

Castlevania: Nocturne

Erzsebet Báthory (voice)

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Marie Helene Kreutz

Blauer Panther

Self

Bavarian Film Awards

Self

Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run

Lola

Echo 3

Echo 3

Hildy

23 000 Lives

23 000 Lives

Anne

The Sinking of the Laconia

The Sinking of the Laconia

Hilda Smith

Copper

Copper

Eva Heissen

Blow

Blow

Barbara Buckley

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)

Zwei Brüder

Zwei Brüder

Mara

NeXt

Self

Creep

Creep

Kate

Between Worlds

Between Worlds

Julie

Storytelling

Storytelling

Toby's Editor

Home

Home

Writer

Home

Home

Director

Shanghai

Shanghai

Leni Müller

Anatomy

Anatomy

Paula

Romulus, My Father

Romulus, My Father

Christina

I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

Mia Lang

Try Seventeen

Try Seventeen

Jane

Muse

Muse

Susan Gilard

The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles

Annabelle

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Trixie Boudain

Eichmann

Eichmann

Vera Less

Opernball

Opernball

Gabrielle Becker

The Princess and the Warrior

The Princess and the Warrior

Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt

Liminal

Anatomy 2

Anatomy 2

Paula Henning

Am I Beautiful?

Am I Beautiful?

Linda

25 km/h

25 km/h

Ute

Princess Emmy

Princess Emmy

Queen Karla (voice)

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

Trixie Boudain

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

Trixie Boudain

It's a Jungle Out There

It's a Jungle Out There

Anna

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

Trixie Boudain

The Bridge

The Bridge

Elfie Bauer

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe

Beate Uhse

Blueprint

Blueprint

Iris Sellin

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Lena

La mer

La mer

Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord

Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord

Solveig Karlsdóttir

Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt

Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt

Director

Paradise Mall

Paradise Mall

Mona Wendt

Manhunt

Manhunt

Beate Klarsfeld

Blood Sisters

Blood Sisters

Lisa Manocci

In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

Self

The Haunted Swordsman

The Haunted Swordsman

The Onibaba Witch

Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau

Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau

Südsee, eigene Insel

Südsee, eigene Insel

Kassiererin

Opera ball

Opera ball

Gabrielle Becker

Coming In

Coming In

Nina

Small Lights

Valerie

Downhill City

Peggy