Franka Potente's biography
Franka Potente is 48 years old screenwriter born at Münster. She was born on Monday 22nd of July 1974. According to year of birth 1974 she belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 22nd of July means she is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.
She is citizen of Germany. Her primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know her also as writer, film actor, film director, singer. She is recently known as voice actor.
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Franka Potente's schools
We found 2 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts.
Detailed informations about her schools
- Graduated from academic high-school (German Gymnasium) in 1994.
Franka Potente's career
Her main focus is to be screenwriter.
Franka Potente's partner
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente and Tom Tykwer have been together. He is known as film director. Her partner was born on Sunday 23rd of May 1965 in Wuppertal.
Awards and competitions
Franka Potente's Nominations
- She was nominated for Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress for work The Princess and the Warrior in 2001
What Franka Potente has done for a first time
- Was director for the short movie Digging for Belladonna (2006) (German title) for the first time 2005. She also wrote the script.
- Wrote her first book "Los Angeles - Berlin. One Year." together with her good friend, the actor Max Urlacher 2005.
Franka Potente's quotes
- To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
- When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access.
- I said, 'Wouldn't it be great if Matt Damon's character fell in love with a girl with a real butt?' They were like, 'Yeah sure, sure - here's your personal trainer.'
- I always performed when I was a child. My parents got very annoyed, because my brother and I had our little bedrooms upstairs, and I would plaster the house with posters with arrows pointing upstairs.
- I think when I'm in love, I really am very good with calling, little faxes, and visiting and I really put a lot of effort into it. I'm really not the one that's not available because of work and I'm very sad when I actually leave.
- I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles.
- I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.
- Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.
- I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can't go up the Canyon and enjoy the view.
- I don't really care where I work, actually, because you know making a movie is like living in movie world. There's such a secluded world, and the director is the king ruling the country, and everybody's building this little town to speak in symbolism.
- I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can.
- I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.
- I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it.
- I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness.
Franka Potente's body shape
Lets describe how Franka Potente looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.