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Biography

Born in Dulmen, Germany on July 22, 1974, Potente began training as an actress while in high school in Germany and continued to study her craft while attending high-school in Houston, Texas. For two years (1994-96),she studied at Munich's Otto Falkenberg School of Performing Arts. It was during her schooling in Munich that she earned the Bavarian film award for "Best Newcomer" in the movie "Nach funf im Urwald" (1995).

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Quick facts & favorites

FULL NAME : Franka Potente
DATE OF BIRTH : July 22 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH : Munster, Germany
STAR SIGN : Cancer
NATIONALITY : German
MARITAL STATUS : engaged to Dio (36), an american business man. wedding scheduled some time in 2009.
OCCUPATION : Actress, director, and occasional singer
RESIDENCE : Berlin. Also have a place in Los Angeles, CA.
HEIGHT : 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
EYES : Brown
HAIR : Dark brown / red
LANGUAGES : German, English, French

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Trivia

Potente (pronounce Poe-ten-tah) means "powerful" in Italian and Spanish.

Is 1/16th Italian by descent. Her great-great-grandfather was an Italian roof-tiler who stayed in Germany.

Has 5 tattoos. Theater masks on her right back shoulder; Thorns around her belly bottom and on her lower back; Chinese dragon on her right arm and Stars under her right arm (2007).

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Quotes

"The secret is to just keep moving."

"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: if it was Easter, the signs said, "Easter Show!" Or for Christmas, "Santa Claus Show!" We'd put up dances and performances. Without being conscious about it, I had to do it. It wasn't a choice."



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