Franka Potente Overview

This native of Dülmen, Germany spent her childhood and early teen years in a small-town. When she was 17, however, she moved to Houston, Texas for a year as a high school exchange student. "I did the whole thing. I had an American boyfriend, went to football games, tennis tournaments and to my American prom. I was so serious about my American boyfriend I brought him back to Germany with me to visit my parents. They were horrified." Her training in acting began in high school both in Germany and... See All