Julia Jentsch
Acting
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.
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movieProsecution
2026
Alexandra Tiedemann
movieA Happy Family
2026
Sabine Gubler
movieThe Hippocratic Silence
2022
Clara Horn
movieMonte Verità
2021
Ida Hofmann
movieLindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
Hermine Lindenberg
movieFrauMutterTier
2019
Marie Wohlenberg
tvPagan Peak
2019
Ellie Stocker
tvDas Verschwinden
2017
Michelle Grabowski
tvOstfriesenkrimis
2017
Ann Kathrin Klaasen
movie24 Weeks
2016
Astrid
movieThe Have-Nots
2016
Isabelle
movieThe Chosen Ones
2014
Petra Grust (jung)
movieKokowääh 2
2013
Nicks Mutter
movieHannah Arendt
2012
Lotte Köhler
Speechless
2012
Julia Jentsch
tvKommissar Marthaler
2012
Kirsten Höpfner
movieChalet Girl
2011
The Race Starter (uncredited)
movieHere Comes Lola!
2010
Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
movieThe Murder Farm
2009
Kathrin
movieEffi Briest
2009
Effi Briest
movieSuddenly Gina
2007
Gina Franke
movieSophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
Sophie Magdalena Scholl
movieDownfall
2004
Hanna Potrowski
Othello
2003
Desdemona
Bloch
2002
Laura
Und die Braut wusste von nichts
2002
Caroline Mierendorff
movieJulietta
2001
Nicole
tvDie Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
1998
Christina Hofer
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Johanna Kemmerlang