Franka Potente

Quick Facts

Full Name	Franka Potente
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Jul 22, 1974(1974-07-22)
Age	50
Birthplace	Münster
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Cancer

Franka Potente Biography

Franka Potente is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on July 22, 1974 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Most well-known for her lead character in 1998’s movie Run Lola Run, this popular German actress also played Sissi Schmidt on The Princess and the Warrior as well as Marie Helena Kreutz in the famous Bourne film series. Her TV credits include shows from House, Psych, and The Shield.

In the role of Barbie Buckley, she appeared alongside Playing the role of Barbie Buckley, she appeared with Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, and Ray Liotta in the 2001 film Blow., Penelope Cruz, and Ray Liotta in the 2001 film Blow.

After finishing high school in Germany, Potente enrolled at the Otto Falckenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich. Potente took acting jobs outside school time and appeared in her first movie in the 1995 student film Aufbruch. She was then spotted by a casting agent and appeared in the film Nach Fünf im Urwald (After Five in the Forest Primeval), directed by her then- boyfriend, Hans Christian Schmid. She played the role of a 17-year-old girl named Anna who, in search of freedom in an urban environment, runs away from home with a boy who has a crush on her. The film premiered at the 1995 Hof International Film Festival and opened in German theaters on 25 April 1996. She received the 1996 Bavarian Film Award for Young Talent for her work in this film. She subsequently finished her last year of training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan.

Potente returned to Europe and worked in German and French films; her breakthrough came with 1998’s Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) after meeting the director, Tom Tykwer, in a café. Specifically written for her persona, her role was that of a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutsche Mark in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend’s life. Budgeted at US$1 million, the arthouse thriller was a critical and commercial success, grossing US$14.5 million worldwide. Variety wrote that her performance was “heroic, fierce, frightened and vulnerable all at once”, while eFilmCritic.com called her casting a “smart choice”. Following her newfound success, she starred opposite Teemu Aromaa in Downhill City (1999), a small-scale drama directed by Finnish director Hannu Salonen, and in the romantic comedy Bin ich schön?, about people having trouble with love and identity, which was released on 17 September 1999 in Germany.

She was friends between punk rocker She had relationships with punk guitarist Eric Melvin and director Tom Tykwer and was briefly engaged to an American business executive. One year before marrying screen actor Derek Richardson, she welcomed a daughter named Polly. In 2013 they welcomed their second daughter, Georgie. and director Tom Tykwer and was briefly engaged to an American businessman. A year prior to her wedding to the actor on screen Derek Richardson, she welcomed a daughter, named Polly. In 2013, they welcomed their second child, Georgie.

Franka Potente Net Worth

Franka Potente is one of the richest Movie Actress from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franka Potente 's net worth $18 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In her teens, she received the Bavarian Film Award for her performance in After Five in the Forest Primeval. Around this time she began her training at the renowned New York Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

She played a recurring character in The Bridge, an American television show The Bridge.

Franka Potente (German: [fʁaŋka po.ˈtɛn.tə] ( listen ) ; born 22 July 1974) is a German actress and singer. She first appeared in the comedy film After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995), for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she portrayed the titular role in the acclaimed action thriller Run Lola Run, for which she won a BAMBI Award for Best Actress. She received further critical acclaim and a Bavarian Television Award nomination for her performance in the television film Opernball (also 1998).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Franka Potente Dating?

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In 2006, Potente appeared in the German coming-of-age drama Elementarteilchen (Atomised), based on the novel Les Particules élémentaires by Michel Houellebecq and directed by Oskar Roehler. She wrote and directed Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt, a silent also released in 2006. She next starred with Eric Bana and Kodi Smit-McPhee in the Australian drama film Romulus, My Father (2007), about the struggle of a couple to raise their son amid great adversity. For her portrayal, she was nominated for an Australian Film Industry Award for Best Lead Actress. Starting in May 2007, Potente had a three-episode recurring arc in the FX drama The Shield, where she played Diro Kesakhian, “the ruthless godmother of L.A.’s Armenian mafia”. Also in 2007, she appeared in Eichmann (2007), a biographical film detailing the interrogation of Adolf Eichmann.

Facts & Trivia

Franka Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Franka Potente celebrates birthday on July 22 of every year.

Potente filmed the American neo-noir film Shanghai in Bangkok, Thailand, with production wrapping in August 2008. The film, set in the 1940s Chinese spy world, was released on 9 June 2010 in China, and on 2 October 2015 in North America. In 2011, she played the leading role of a passenger in the drama The Sinking of the Laconia, about the Laconia incident. The two-part television film first aired in January 2011 on BBC Two.

What happened to Franka Potente?

After spending a year in Los Angeles, she moved to Berlin where she continues to work for German and international directors. Among Potente’s other successful films are the German-language horror film “Anatomy,” and the acclaimed romantic thriller “The Princess and the Warrior” directed by Tom Tykwer.

How many languages does Franka Potente speak?

Speaks fluent French, English, and German. Plays the violin and the flute. 1998: Named as one of European films ‘Shooting Stars’ by European Film Promotion.

How old was Franka Potente in The Bourne Identity?

47 years (July 22, 1974)

Where does Franka Potente come from?

Münster, Germany

What happened to Nicky in Bourne Identity?

Nicky Parsons is later shot to death by an asset of the CIA during a Motorcycle chase in Athens, Greece.