Profile
Franka Potente
Actor
Female
Born
Jul 22, 1974
Age
38
Hometown
Dülmen
Franka Potente is a German film actress and singer. She first appeared in the comedy After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995) and gained critical recognition in the action thriller Lola rennt (released in English as Run Lola Run) (1998). Potente received… Read More
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Dio HauserDated
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Franka Potente
Age 38
parents
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Dieter PotenteFather
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Hildegard PotenteMother
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1974
Birth
Born on July 22, 1974.
TWENTIES
1995
20 Years Old
After finishing high school in Germany, Potente enrolled at the Otto Falckenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich. Potente took acting jobs outside school time and appeared in her first movie in the 1995 student film Aufbruch.
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1996
21 Years Old
She received the 1996 Bavarian Film Prize for Young Talent for her work in this film.
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1998
23 Years Old
Potente was in a romantic relationship with director Tom Tykwer from 1998 until January 2003.
2001
26 Years Old
Potente's first English-language role was that of film editor in Storytelling in 2001.
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THIRTIES
In 2006, she starred with Eric Bana in the Australian film Romulus, My Father, for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Industry Award for Best Lead Actress.
2007
32 Years Old
Starting on May 22, 2007, Potente had a three-episode recurring role in the FX drama The Shield, where she played Diro Kesakhian, "the ruthless godmother of L.A.'s Armenian mafia".
2008
33 Years Old
In 2008, she was engaged to an American businessman; however, in September 2009, the couple separated and the engagement was called off.
2009
34 Years Old
In 2009, she appeared in the House television series two-part episode "Broken".
In January 2011, she played Hilda in a BBC drama The Sinking of the Laconia.
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