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Julia Jentsch

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Julia Jentsch

Born February 20, 1978 in Berlin, Germany40 films

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.

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​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". 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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Downfall posterFirst watchDownfall20047.9as Hanna PotrowskiIn April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west.View film

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days poster7.1Sophie Scholl: The Final Days2005The Edukators poster7.2The Edukators2004Chalet Girl poster6.4Chalet Girl2011Hannah Arendt poster6.9Hannah Arendt2012I Served the King of England poster6.8I Served the King of England2007Kokowääh 2 poster6.0Kokowääh 22013

Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. 2027Die hellen TageMaria
  2. 2026Frieda
  3. 2026ProsecutionAlexandra Tiedemann
  4. 2026A Happy FamilySabine Gubler
  5. 2025What Marielle KnowsJulia
  6. 2024Electric Fields
  7. 20248 Days in AugustHelena
  8. 2022The Hippocratic SilenceClara Horn
  9. 2021Monte VeritàIda Hofmann
  10. 2020Once Were RebelsHelene
  11. 2019FrauMutterTierMarie Wohlenberg
  12. 2017I'm (Endless Like the Space)Maria
  13. 201624 WeeksAstrid
  14. 2016The Have-NotsIsabelle
  15. 2016All of a SuddenLaura
  16. 2015Men Have to Go through ThisLena
  17. 2014The Chosen OnesPetra Grust (jung)
  18. 2014Monsoon BabyNina
  19. 2013Not Quite a Simple Story
  20. 2013Kokowääh 2Nicks Mutter
  21. 2013The Strange Case of Wilhelm ReichEva Reich
  22. 2012Hannah ArendtLotte Köhler
  23. 2012SpeechlessJulia Jentsch
  24. 2011Hut in the WoodsPetra
  25. 2011Chalet GirlThe Race Starter (uncredited)
  26. 2010Here Comes Lola!Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
  27. 2009The Murder FarmKathrin
  28. 2009Effi BriestEffi Briest
  29. 200833 Scenes from LifeJulia
  30. 2007Suddenly GinaGina Franke
  31. 2007I Served the King of EnglandLíza
  32. 2005Sophie Scholl: The Final DaysSophie Magdalena Scholl
  33. 2005SnowlandInna
  34. 2004The EdukatorsJule
  35. 2004DownfallHanna Potrowski
  36. 2003OthelloDesdemona
  37. 2002My Brother the VampireNadine
  38. 2002Und die Braut wusste von nichtsCaroline Mierendorff
  39. 2001Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer PaktChrissie Kramer
  40. 2001JuliettaNicole