Julia Jentsch

Julia Jentsch (born February 20, 1978) , is a Silver Bear, two-time European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress. She is best known as the title character in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, Jule in The Edukators and, Liza in I Served the King of England. ​Jentsch was born to a family of lawyers in Berlin and began her acting education there at Hochschule Ernst Busch, a university for drama. Her first prominent screen role was in the 2004 cult film The Edukators, starring opposite Daniel Brühl. Jentsch garnered further attention playing the title role in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In an interview, Jentsch said that the role was "an honor".[1] For her role as Sophie Scholl she won the best actress at the European Film Awards, best actress at the German Film Awards (Lolas), along with the Silver Bear for best actress at theBerlin Film Festival.

Known For

Birth Location Berlin, Germany
Born 1978-02-20

Movies

8 Days in August as Helena
2024
The Hippocratic Silence as Clara Horn
2022
Once Were Rebels as Helene
2021
Monte Verità as Ida Hofmann
2021
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding as Hermine Lindenberg
2020
FrauMutterTier as Nathalie
2019
24 Weeks as Astrid
2016
The Have-Nots as Isabelle
2016
All of a Sudden as Laura
2016
The Chosen Ones as Petra Grust (jung)
2014
Monsoon Baby as Nina
2014
Kokowääh 2 as Nicks Mutter
2013
Hannah Arendt as Lotte Köhler
2012
Hut in the Woods as Petra
2011
Chalet Girl as The Race Starter (uncredited)
2011
Here Comes Lola! as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
2010
The Murder Farm as Kathrin
2009
Effi Briest as Effi Briest
2009
2008
2007
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
2005
Snowland as Inna
2005
The Edukators as Jule
2004
Downfall as Hanna Potrowski
2004
Othello as Desdemona
2003
2002
Und die Braut wusste von nichts as Caroline Mierendorff
2002
2001
Julietta as Nicole
2001
Julia Jentsch hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows