Franka Potente is a German actress and singer. She first appeared in the comedy film After Five in the Forest Primeval , for which she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she portrayed the titular role in the acclaimed action thriller Run Lola Run, for which she won a BAMBI Award for Best Actress. She received further critical acclaim and a Bavarian Television Award nomination for her performance in the television film Opernball .
After half a decade of well-received roles in German productions, Potente made the transition into Hollywood with her role in the biographical crime film Blow , and achieved wider recognition for her appearances in The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy . She portrayed communist revolutionary Tamara Bunke in Che , and psychologist Anita Gregory in The Conjuring 2 . Her other notable films include Anatomy , The Princess and the Warrior , Creep , Romulus, My Father , Eichmann , and Muse .
Potente has starred in the television series Copper , Taboo and currently, Claws. She also played recurring roles in the second seasons of American Horror Story and The Bridge .
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“ 'Bourne' Series Actor Franka Potente's Vegan Choice Changed Everything,” video interview with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (9 August 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fth5hkjyns.
