Franka Potente (born 22 July 1974 in Münster, West Germany) is a German actress and singer.
She's best known for her eponymous role in Run Lola Run, Marie Kreutz in The Bourne Series, Anne Frank and Charlotte Brown in American Horror Story, and Paula Henning in the Anatomy duology.
She is married to Derek Richardson and they have two children.
Selected filmography:
Film:
- Run Lola Run (1998) as Lola
- Anatomy (2000) as Paula Henning
- Anatomy 2 (2003)
- The Princess and the Warrior (2000) as Simone "Sissi"
- The Bourne Series as Marie Kreutz
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
- Blow (2001) as Barbara Buckley
- Creep (2004) as Kate
- Che (2008) as Tamara "Tania" Bunke
- The Conjuring 2 (2016) as Anita Gregory
Television:
- The Shield (2007) as Diro Kesakhian
- House (2009) as Lydia Bohm
- Psych (2010) as Nadia
- American Horror Story: Asylum (2012) as Charlotte Brown and Anne Frank
- Copper (2012) as Eva Heissen
- The Bridge (2014) as Eleanor Nacht
- Dark Matter (2016) as Chief Inspector Shaddick
- Titans (2022) as Mother Mayhem
- Castlevania: Nocturne (2023) as Erzsebet Báthory (voice role)
