The elder of two children, Potente was born in Münster, West Germany, and raised in nearby Dülmen. Her mother, Hildegard, is a medical assistant, and her father, Dieter Potente, is a teacher. Her Italian surname stems from her great-grandfather, a Sicilian slater who migrated to Germany during the 19th century. When she was 17 years old, Potente spent a few months as an exchange student in Humble, a suburb of Houston, Texas.
Franka Potente
July 22, 1974 • 49 y.o.
Place of Birth | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Citizenship | Germany |
Career | 1995 — ... |
Genres | Drama, Thriller, Action |
Height | 1.74 m |
Facts
Videos Stills Posters Filming Promo Screenshots Covers
Characters
- Drama 20%
- Thriller 14%
- Mystery 10%
- War 6%
- Horror 5%
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Drama
United States • Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Animation, Horror, Action, 30 min
United States • Sam Deats...
Action, Drama, Thriller, 49 min
United States • Pablo Trapero...
Animation, Short, Horror, 16 min
United States • Kevin McTurk
Animation, Family, 1 hr 18 min
Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom • Piet De Rycker
Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 30 min
Spain • Maria Pulera
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 56 min
Germany • Markus Goller
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 45 min
United States • Carol Banker...
Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, 1 hr 47 min
Spain, Ireland, Belgium • Jaume Balagueró
Comedy, Crime, Drama, 45 min
United States • Dale Stern...
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 59 min
United Kingdom • Anders Engström...
Crime, Drama, 1 hr 30 min
Germany • Till Endemann
Short, 13 min
United States
Horror, Mystery, mystic, 2 hr 13 min
United States, Canada, United Kingdom • James Wan
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, 42 min
Canada • Ron Murphy...
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 55 min
United States • John Dahl...
Action, Drama, 43 min
United States • Larysa Kondracki...
Biography, 1 hr 50 min
Germany • Hansjörg Thurn
Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, 43 min
United States • Bradley Buecker...
Drama, History, War, 1 hr 30 min
United Kingdom, Germany • Uwe Janson
Drama, Music, Thriller, 1 hr 27 min
Germany • Josef Rusnak
Thriller, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 43 min
United States, China • Mikael Håfström
Biography, Drama, History, 2 hr 15 min
Spain, France, United States • Steven Soderbergh
Drama, History, War, 1 hr 40 min
Germany • Wolfgang Panzer
Biography, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 50 min
Germany, France • Laurent Jaoui
Biography, Drama, History, 1 hr 36 min
Hungary, United Kingdom • Robert Young
Biography, Drama, 1 hr 44 min
Australia • Richard Roxburgh
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Mel Damski...
Short, 14 min
Germany • Natja Brunckhorst...
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 47 min
Germany • Oskar Roehler
Drama, 2 hours
Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg • Peter Greenaway
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 25 min
United Kingdom, Germany • Christopher Smith
Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Greg Yaitanes...
Action, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 48 min
United States, Germany • Paul Greengrass
Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2 hr 4 min
United Kingdom, Germany, Russia • Peter Greenaway
Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 51 min
United States • Adam Goldberg
Adventure, Biography, Comedy, 1 hr 48 min
United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands • Peter Greenaway
Sci-Fi, Drama, 1 hr 48 min
Germany • Rolf Schübel
Adventure, Biography, Drama, 2 hr 7 min
United Kingdom, Germany, Russia • Peter Greenaway
Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, 1 hr 41 min
Germany • Stefan Ruzowitzky
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 33 min
United States, Canada • Jeffrey Porter
Action, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 58 min
Germany, United States, Czechia • Doug Liman
Crime, Drama, Thriller, 43 min
United States • Guy Ferland...
Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Todd Solondz
Drama, Mystery, Romance, 2 hr 15 min
Germany • Tom Tykwer
Horror, Thriller, 1 hr 43 min
Germany • Stefan Ruzowitzky
Short, 18 min
Germany • Enrico Boetcher
Drama, 1 hr 43 min
Germany, Finland • Hannu Salonen
Drama, Action, 1 hr 54 min
Germany • Friedemann Fromm
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
Germany • Thomas Bahmann
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 57 min
Germany • Doris Dörrie
Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 20 min
Germany • Tom Tykwer
Drama, 1 hr 30 min
Austria • Wolfram Paulus
Drama, Thriller, 3 hours
Germany, Austria • Urs Egger
Drama, 1 hr 27 min
France • Henri Helman
Comedy, 1 hr 25 min
Germany • Peter F. Bringmann
Drama, Comedy, 1 hr 24 min
Germany • Thomas Bahmann
Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 39 min
Germany • Hans-Christian Schmid
Crime, Mystery, 1 hr 30 min
Germany • Karin Hercher...
Drama, 1 hr 40 min
Germany, Netherlands, France • Franka Potente
Short, Comedy, Fantasy, 40 min
Germany • Franka Potente
Drama, 1 hr 40 min
Germany, Netherlands, France • Franka Potente
Short, Comedy, Fantasy, 40 min
Germany • Franka Potente