Biography
"Potente" means powerful in Italian, and this up and coming actress is living up to her name. Though Franka Potente has been attracting attention since she was a little girl, it was in the restroom of a local bar that the beautiful Potente was discovered.
Born in Dulmen, Germany on July 22, 1974, Potente began training as an actress while in high school in Germany and continued to study her craft while attending high-school in Houston, Texas. …
Career Milestones
1995 | Acting debut, "Aufbruch" |
1995 | First leading role in features, "Nach funf im Urwald" |
1996 | Had lead role in the German TV special "Coming In" |
1997 | Starred in the TV series "Opernball" |
1998 | Breakthrough role in Tom Tykwer's "Run, Lola, Run" |
1999 | Had starring role in "Downhill City" |
1999 | Played a med student involved in a mystery in "Anatomy" |
2000 | Reteamed with Tykwer for "The Princess and the Warrior" |
2001 | Cast as the stewardess lover of George Jung in "Blow" |
2001 | Had small role as a film editor in the "Nonfiction" segment of Todd Solondz's "Storytelling" |
2002 | Co-starred with Elijah Wood and Mandy Moore in "Try Seventeen" |
2002 | Starred opposite Matt Damon in "The Bourne Identity" |
2003 | Starred opposite Giovanni Ribisi in "I Love Your Work" directed by Adam Goldberg |
2004 | Reprised role of Marie Helena Kreutz opposite Matt Damon in "The Bourne Supremacy" |
2007 | Had a three-episode recurring role on the FX drama "The Shield" as the ruthless Godmother of LA's Armenian Mafia |
2008 | Co-starred in "Romulus, My Father" the directing debut of Richard Roxburgh |
2008 | Portrayed Tamara Bunke in Steven Soderbergh's biopic about Marxist revolutionary in "Che" |