Franka Potente (born July 22, 1974 in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actress.

Spotted by a casting agent at the age of 19, she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. After a notable debut in It's a Jungle Out There and two unconventional movies by Tom Tykwer, Potente starred in several Hollywood movies.

Filmography

• Nach fünf im Urwald; English title (among others): It's a Jungle Out There (1996, Hans-Christian Schmid)
• Run Lola Run (original title: Lola rennt) (1998, Tom Tykwer)
• Anatomy, original title: Anatomie (2000, Stefan Ruzowitzky )
• The Princess and the Warrior; original title: Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (2000, Tom Tykwer)
• Blow (2001, Ted Demme)
• The Bourne Identity (2002, Doug Liman)
• Anatomy 2 , original title: Anatomie 2 (2003, Stefan Ruzowitzky )
• Blueprint, (2003, Rolf Schübel )
• The Bourne Supremacy, (2004, Paul Greengrass )
• Creep, (2004, Christopher Smith )

External links

• Official site