Franka Potente
Franka Potente as Lola in 1998's Run Lola Run.
Born	July 22, 1974 Münster, Germany
Notable roles	Lola in Run Lola Run, Marie in The Bourne Identity

Franka Potente (born on July 22, 1974) is a German film actress. She began her career in the comedy It's a Jungle Out There (1995) and gained critical recognition in the action thriller Run Lola Run (1998). 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 opposite Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002). Image File history File linksMetadata Franka_Potente. ... Run Lola Run (original German title Lola rennt, which translates to Lola runs or Lola is running) is a 1998 film by German screenwriter and director Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente as Lola. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Town Hall in the Prinzipalmarkt Münster: the Prinzipalmarkt with St Lamberts church Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Run Lola Run (original German title Lola rennt, which translates to Lola runs or Lola is running) is a 1998 film by German screenwriter and director Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente as Lola. ... The Bourne Identity is a 2002 movie based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Run Lola Run (original German title Lola rennt, which translates to Lola runs or Lola is running) is a 1998 film by German screenwriter and director Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente as Lola. ... ... Blow is a 2001 drama film directed by Ted Demme, about an American cocaine smuggler. ... Matthew Paige Damon (October 8, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and actor. ... The Bourne Identity is a 2002 movie based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum. ...

An accomplished dramatic actress, Potente received Germany's highest film and television awards for her performances in Run Lola Run and Opernball. Potente performs predominantly in supporting roles in a variety of low-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. Her most popular films include Run Lola Run, Blow, and The Bourne Identity (2002). Opernball is a 1998 made-for-TV movie by Urs Egger based on a 1995 novel by Austrian writer Josef Haslinger in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi terrorist attack taking place during the Vienna Opera Ball. ... Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Biography

Potente was born in Münster and raised in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, the elder of two children. Her father, Dieter Potente, was a teacher and Franka's mother, Hildegard Potente, was a medical assistant. Her family name derives from her great-grandfather, who was from Sicily. She spent her last year of high school, at age 17, as an exchange student in Humble, Texas at Humble High School, where she loved to go to dances and sketch her classmates. Town Hall in the Prinzipalmarkt Münster: the Prinzipalmarkt with St Lamberts church Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Dülmen is a city in the district Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in terms of population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... An exchange student is a student (usually from high school or university) who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attends school there. ... Humility is the state of being humble. ... Texas is the gayest motherfucking state out there they can suck my big black balls. ... Humble High School is a secondary school located in Humble, Texas. ...

When Potente returned to Germany, she enrolled at the Otto Falkenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich. She took acting jobs outside school time and appeared in her first film in 1995, a student film, called Aufbruch. She was spotted by a casting agent, aged 19, and appeared in the film It's a Jungle Out There, which was directed by her then boyfriend, Hans Christian Schmid. She received the 1995 Bavarian Film Prize for Young Talent for her work in this film. She undertook her last year of training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in New York City. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

Potente returned to Europe and worked in many German and French films. She was cast as the lead in the film Lola Rennt, (Run Lola Run), after meeting the director, Tom Tykwer, in a café. The part was written for her and although the film was a small-budget, art house production, it was a big success in Europe. She also sang the main songs used in the film. She made several more German language films, including the horror film, Anatomy and the romantic thriller, The Princess and the Warrior. Her first film in English was Storytelling in 2001, as the narrator. This was followed by a role in Blow, opposite Johnny Depp, and the female lead in The Bourne Identity, with Matt Damon, which she later reprised in The Bourne Supremacy. She has written and directed Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt, a silent comedy. Run Lola Run (original German title Lola rennt, which translates to Lola runs or Lola is running) is a 1998 film by German screenwriter and director Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente as Lola. ... Tom Tykwer (born May 23, 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German film director. ... See also: Art Film It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Rochester Institute of Technology. ... Movie poster for Anatomy Anatomy (Anatomie) is a 2000 German horror film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. ... Synopsis The Princess and the Warrior (German title Der Krieger und die Kaiserin lit. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Blow is a 2001 drama film about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme (who later died of a cocaine-related heart attack). ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II on June 9, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his affinity for strange character roles. ... The Bourne Identity is a 2002 movie based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum. ... Matthew Paige Damon (October 8, 1970) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and actor. ... The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 film based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

In July of 2006, news broke that Potente joined the cast of FX Drama The Shield. ^[1] What her role will be in the show is the subject of conflicting reports, but it's likely that it will not be clear until the shows seventh season begins filming in mid 2007. This article is about the television series. ...

Selected filmography

Opernball is a 1998 made-for-TV movie by Urs Egger based on a 1995 novel by Austrian writer Josef Haslinger in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi terrorist attack taking place during the Vienna Opera Ball. ... Run Lola Run (original German title Lola rennt, which translates to Lola runs or Lola is running) is a 1998 film by German screenwriter and director Tom Tykwer, starring Franka Potente as Lola. ... Movie poster for Anatomy Anatomy (Anatomie) is a 2000 German horror film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. ... Synopsis The Princess and the Warrior (German title Der Krieger und die Kaiserin lit. ... Blow is a 2001 drama film about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme (who later died of a cocaine-related heart attack). ... The Bourne Identity is a 2002 movie based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum. ... All I Want, a. ... I Love Your Work is an American film from 2003, directed by Adam Goldberg and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Franka Potente, and Joshua Jackson. ... The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 film based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. ... Creep (2004) is a British slasher film directed by Christopher Smith, starring the German actress Franka Potente. ... Romulus, My Father is a 2007 drama film written by Nick Drake and directed by Richard Roxburgh. ... Guerrilla is a film about Argentinean-born doctor and revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967), most famous for leading Fidel Castros forces against Batista. ...

References

External links

• Franka Potente at the Internet Movie Database
• Franka Potente.org – extensive fansite.