Best known to international audiences for her portrayal of the flame-haired, hyper-kinetic heroine of Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run , Franka Potente is one of Germany's fastest rising young actresses. 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. 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 , Potente went on to do starring work in a number of films, including Tykwer's The Princess and the Warrior , which cast her as a lonely mental hospital nurse who falls in love with a disturbed army veteran-cum-thief.


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After some other successful movies in Germany, she starred in several Hollywood productions, most prominently The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy and lived one year in Los Angeles. After her return to Berlin, she continues working with German and international directors. Sign In. Edit Franka Potente. Showing all 46 items. Says she was discovered as an actress in a public restroom.
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