- Name: Franka Potente
- Date of Birth: July 22, 1974
- Place of Birth: Dülmen bei Münster, West Germany (now Germany)
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Franka Potente was born on 22 July 1974 in the German town of Dülmen. After her graduation in 1994, she went to the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, a drama school in Munich, but soon broke off to study at th...( read more 
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GoodPossumposted 116 days ago -
Best known to international audiences for her portrayal of the flame-haired, hyper-kinetic heroine of Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run (1998), Franka Potente is one of Germany's fastest rising young actresses. Born on July 22, 1974, in the town of Dülmen, Potente was educated at Munich's Otto Falkenberg Schule and the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.
According to legend, she was discovered as an actress by a casting agent who saw her in a bar restroom one night and asked her to describe herself in one sentence. Potente made an auspicious film debut in Hans-Christian Schmid's 1996 film Nach Fünf im Urwald, for which she won that year's Bavarian Film Prize for Young Talent; she subsequently did a good deal of television work before enjoying her international breakthrough in Run Lola Run.posted 116 days ago -
A huge hit in Germany and a sleeper success in the States, the film featured Potente in a state of constant locomotion, running through time and fate to save her boyfriend from the clutches of his gangster employers. Her performance, which combined urgency, unflappable verve, and surprising warmth, earned her the respect of any number of critics, and she found herself -- alongside director and then-boyfriend Tom Tykwer -- being hailed as one of the European cinema's most exciting new talents. Earning a German Shooting Stars award from the European Film Promotion in 1998, Potente went on to do starring work in a number of films, including Tykwer's The Princess and the Warrior (2000), which cast her as a lonely mental hospital nurse who falls in love with a disturbed army veteran-cum-thief.
posted 116 days ago -
The actress' growing international stature was also reflected in her casting as Johnny Depp's girlfriend in Blow (2001), Ted Demme's account of the life of George Jung (Depp), a drug dealer who was instrumental in the rise of cocaine use in the 1970s. International fame continued to grow for the striking actress when, following a small role in the Todd Solandz satire Storytelling (2001), she was cast opposite Matt Damon in director Doug Liman's fast-paced thriller The Bourne Identity.
Inspired by Run Lola Run (it not only utilized that film's star, but prominently featured a track from the Lola soundtrack in its advertising campaign), the action thriller started to expand Potente's strong cult appeal into full-blown commercial viability. After spending the next two years mostly absent from movie houses, Potente re-teamed with Damon for the sequel, The Bourne Supremacy in 2004.posted 116 days ago -
franka potente played her roll brillantly. the bright red hair, the great high pitched glass shattering screams along with her dead set determination and attempt to save "mattie" was just wonderful and the constant high paced replays,and the music made it. i hope u do read this franka. a great modern german movie. thumbs up big time.
posted 437 days ago -
Franka you are a trully talented actor and deserve all the credit that comes your way. You are also absolutely beautiful which will see you get even better roles in the future unless those people at places like Hollywood are stupid enough to ignore such a talented actor.
Keep up the excellent work!!!posted 450 days ago -
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