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Franka Potente

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Franka Potente was born on 22 July 1974 in the German town of Dülmen. After her graduation in 1994, she went to the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, a drama school in Munich, but soon broke off to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. After a notable debut in Nach Fünf im Urwald, the role of the heroine in Run Lola Run... See full bio »

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in Dülmen bei Münster, West Germany [now in Germany]
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2011 Beate Uhse - Das Recht auf Liebe (TV movie)
Beate Uhse
 
2011 The Sinking of the Laconia (TV mini-series)
Hilda
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Hilda
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … Hilda
 
2010 Small Lights
Valerie
 
2010 Psych (TV series)
Nadia
– One, Maybe Two, Ways Out (2010) … Nadia
 
2010 Shanghai
Leni
 
2009 House M.D. (TV series)
Lydia
– Epic Fail (2009) … Lydia
– Broken (2009) … Lydia
 
2008 The Bridge (TV movie)
Elfie Bauer
 
2008 The Bourne Conspiracy (Video Game)
Marie (voice)
 
2008 Che: Part Two
Tania (Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider)
 
2008 Manhunt (TV movie)
Beate Klarsfeld
 
2007 Eichmann
Vera Less
 
2007 The Shield (TV series)
Diro Kesakhian
– Spanish Practices (2007) … Diro Kesakhian
– Recoil (2007) … Diro Kesakhian
– The Math of the Wrath (2007) … Diro Kesakhian
 
2007 Romulus, My Father
Christina
 
2006 La mer (short)
 
2006 The Elementary Particles
Annabelle
 
2004/I Creep
Kate
 
2004 The Bourne Supremacy
Marie
 
2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Trixie Boudain
 
2003 Blueprint
Iris Sellin/Siri Sellin
 
2003 I Love Your Work
Mia Lang
 
2003 Anatomy 2
Paula Henning
 
2002 Try Seventeen
Jane
 
2002 The Bourne Identity
Marie
 
2001 Storytelling
Toby's Editor (segment "Non-Fiction")
 
2001 Blow
Barbara Buckley
 
2000 The Princess and the Warrior
Simone 'Sissi' Schmidt
 
2000 Anatomy
Paula Henning
 
1999 Schlaraffenland
Mona Wendt
 
1999 Our Island in the South Pacific
Kassiererin/Cashier
 
1999 Downhill City
Peggy
 
1999 Winke und lächle! (short)
Susan/Stewardess
 
1998 Am I Beautiful?
Linda
 
1998 Run Lola Run
Lola
 
1998 Rennlauf (TV movie)
Alice
 
1998 Opera Ball (TV movie)
Gabrielle Becker
 
1997 Babes' Petrol
Lena
 
1997 Easy Day (short)
Lily
 
1997 Une vie pour une autre (TV movie)
Lisa Manocci
 
1997 Coming In (TV movie)
Nina
 
1996 Zwei Brüder (TV series)
Mara
– In eigener Sache (1996) … Mara
 
1995 Nach Fünf im Urwald
Anna
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
2009 House M.D. (TV series)
– Broken (2009) ("Kinderszenen Op. 15, No. 1 Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen" - uncredited, "Impromptu #3 in B flat D.935 op. posth. 142 - Andante" - uncredited)
 
2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (video) (performer: "Wish")
 
2000 Roswell (TV series)
– Surprise (2000) (performer: "Wish Komm Zu Mir")
 
2000 Dancing at the Blue Iguana (performer: "Wish" Komm Zu Mir)
 
1998 Run Lola Run (performer: "Wish", "Running One", "Running Two", "Running Three" / "Wish", "Running One", "Running Two", "Running Three")
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2006 Digging for Belladona (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2006 Digging for Belladona (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1998 Run Lola Run (composer: theme song "I Wish" and others)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2003-2008 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 September 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 October 2005 (2005) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 March 2005 (2005) … Herself
– Episode dated 9 December 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2007 MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
2006 Harald Schmidt (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 29 November 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Beckmann (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 27 February 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Maischberger (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 February 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Nachtstudio (TV series)
Herself
– Traumfrauen - Die inszenierte Weiblichkeit im Film (2006) … Herself
 
2004 The 2004 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Actor
 
2004 Im freien Fall - Tom Tykwer und das Kino (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Menschen bei Maischberger (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 June 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2003 Into the Night with... (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Franka Potente und John Carpenter (2003) … Herself
 
2002 2002 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1996-2000 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.33 (2000)
– 70'er Jahre Festival (1996) … Herself
 
1998 Zimmer frei! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 March 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
Marie Kreutz (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1998) Did a song called 'I wish' together with Thomas D. of 'Die fantastischen Vier'. See more »

Publicity Listings:

8 Interviews  | 6 Articles  | 7 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Franke Potente

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

1/16th Italian by descent. Her great-great-grandfather was an Italian roof-tiler, who stayed in Germany. See more »

Trademark:

Ever-changing hair color See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer