Julia Jentsch
Biography
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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Movies (37)
What Marielle Knows
as Julia
2025
Electric Fields
2024
8 Days in August
as Helena
2024
The Hippocratic Silence
as Clara Horn
2022
Monte Verità
as Ida Hofmann
2021
Once Were Rebels
as Helene
2020
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
as Hermine Lindenberg
2020
FrauMutterTier
as Nathalie
2019
I'm (Endless Like the Space)
as Maria
2017
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
24 Weeks
as Astrid
2016
The Have-Nots
as Isabelle
2016
All of a Sudden
as Laura
2016
Men Have to Go through This
as Lena
2015
The Chosen Ones
as Petra Grust (jung)
2014
Monsoon Baby
as Nina
2014
Not Quite a Simple Story
2013
Kokowääh 2
as Nicks Mutter
2013
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
as Eva Reich
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
33 Scenes from Life
as Julia
2008
Suddenly Gina
as Gina Franke
2007
I Served the King of England
as Líza
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
My Brother the Vampire
as Nadine
2002
Und die Braut wusste von nichts
as Caroline Mierendorff
2002
Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt
as Chrissie Kramer
2001
Julietta
as Nicole
2001
TV Shows (13)
Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof
as Ursula Fink
2025
Pagan Peak
as Ellie Stocker
2019
Das Verschwinden
as Michelle Grabowski
2017
Ostfriesenkrimis
as Ann Kathrin Klaasen
2017
Kommissar Marthaler
as Kirsten Höpfner
2012
Kronprinz Rudolf
as Sarah
2006
Thadeusz
2005
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
as Self
2005
Kulturplatz
as Self
2004
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
as self - guest
2004
Bloch
as Laura
2002
German Television Award
as Self
1999
Volle Kanne
as Self
1999