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Franka Potente

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Franka Potente: Biography

Franka Potente

Birth Place: Munster, Germany
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/22/1974, Cancer
Profession: Actor

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Franka Potente Fast Facts:

Grew up in Germany, but spent a year as an exchange student at a high school in Texas.
Studied acting in Germany at the Otto Falckenberg School and in the United States at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
Was discovered by a casting agent at a bar in Germany in 1996.
Shaved her head after completing work on one of the Bourne films.
Is a former vegetarian.

Franka Potente Relationships:
Tom Tykwer - Ex-significant Other
Stefan - Brother
Hildegard - Mother
Elijah Wood - Ex-significant Other
Derek Richardson - Husband
Dieter - Father

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Copper, Franka Potente BBC AMERICA/Cineflix (Copper) Inc.

Copper, Franka Potente, Tom Weston-Jones BBC AMERICA/Cineflix (Copper) Inc.

Copper, Kiara Glasco, Dylan Taylor, Tom Weston-Jones, Kevin Ryan, Anastasia Griffith, Franka Potente, Kyle Schmid, Ato Essandoh, Tessa Thompson BBC AMERICA/Cineflix (Copper) Inc.

Psych, Franka Potente Alan Zenuk/USA Network

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