Actress Franka Potente: biography, photo, filmography

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House Doctor is Franka Potente's favorite show. The actress is proud to have starred in the first two seasons of this cult series. However, fame brought her a key role in the film "Run, Lola, Run." Her other successful films include The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy.

Franka Potente: family, childhood

German actress was born in Dülmen on July 22, 1974. Franka Potente is the eldest of two children of a doctor and teacher. The actress has a younger brother. The Italian surname went to Franca from her great-grandfather. A roofer from Sicily moved to Germany in the 19th century in search of a better life, managed not to disappear in a foreign country.

Franka came up with ideas about acting in a very unusual way. Her younger brother grew up as a sickly child. The girl suffered because mom and dad pay more attention to him. She wanted them to be proud of her successes, to admire her. It was in her childhood that Franca decided that she should become famous. She played her first roles in performances that she herself arranged for family and friends.

First successes

By the time Franka Potente finished school, she had already overcome her resentment towards her parents and brother. But the girl's desire to become an actress only strengthened. She went to Munich in order to receive an appropriate education. Frank learned the secrets of her profession at the drama school of Otto Falkenberg.

Potente got her first role before she graduated from the studio. In one of the Munich bars, the aspiring actress met a strange woman. An unknown lady asked her to describe herself in one sentence. It turned out that the woman was a casting manager. She was looking for a female lead for Hans-Christian Schmid's After Five in the Jungle. Franca managed to interest her, thanks to which she received an invitation to the casting. She played Anna, a 17-year-old girl who ran away from home and plunged headlong into the Munich nightlife.

From obscurity to fame

The picture "After five in the jungle" became for Franka Potente a kind of springboard to a big movie. After that, the actress played several passing roles, for example, she embodied the image of Lena in the comedy Three Girls at a Gas Station. The film "Run Lola Run" brought her fame.

According to the plot, Lola and Munny are madly in love with each other. Munny takes a crooked path, becomes a courier for a big bandit. One day, he loses a bag full of money that belongs to his boss. Lola has to save her beloved from the death that threatens him. The girl is given only 20 minutes to find one hundred thousand marks somewhere. Danger awaits her.and a breathtaking ride. The image of Lola and embodied Frank.

Film career

After the triumph of Run Lola Run, films with Franca Potente began to come out one after another. The newly minted star played in "Cocaine" with Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp, in "Seventeen" with Elijah Wood. The blockbusters about the adventures of a superspy - The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Identity - helped her increase her popularity and the number of fans.

Franka also starred in popular TV shows with pleasure. She is most satisfied with her role in the first two seasons of House. It is known that the actress did not stop watching this show even after she stopped acting in it.

Filmography

There are other interesting film and TV projects with the participation of the star. Filmography of Franka Potente:

1. "Ball at the Opera".
2. "Am I beautiful?".
3. "City in the valley".
4. "South Seas, own island".
5. Night Invasion.
6. "Anatomy".
7. "The Princess and the Warrior".
8. "Storyteller".
9. "The Two Lives of Gray Evans"
10. "Life in suitcases".
11. "Elementary particles".
12. "Clairvoyant".
13. Forgotten Desires.
14. "Round up the executioner".
15. "Che: Part Two".
16. Shanghai.
17. "Valerie".
18. "Crash of Laconia".
19. American Horror Story.
20. "Cop".
21. "Bridge".
22. "Black Matter".
23. "Spell-2".
24. "Claws".
25. "The Muse of Death".
26. "Taboo".
27. "Between Worlds".

Frank is already a lotyears remains a sought-after actress. The proof is the fact that several more new films with her will be released soon, including "Princess Emmy" and "Blanco".

Behind the scenes

Potente does not refuse to talk about his personal life. While working on House M. D., she met actor Derek Richardson. Love at first sight did not happen, the artists looked at each other for a long time. Colleagues got married in 2012. Now they are raising two daughters. Polly was born in 2011, and Georgie in 2013. The actress easily combines the role of wife and mother with work. In the photo - Frankie Potente with her husband.