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". 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.
Acted in 45
2020s
- 2026
Frieda
Movie
A Happy Family
Sabine Gubler
- 2025
Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof
Ursula Fink · 8 episodes
- 2024
Electric Fields
Movie
8 Days in August
Helena
- 2022
The Hippocratic Silence
Clara Horn
- 2021
Monte Verità
Ida Hofmann
- 2020
Once Were Rebels
Helene
2010s
- 2019
FrauMutterTier
Marie Wohlenberg
- 2017
Ostfriesenkrimis
Ann Kathrin Klaasen · 3 episodes
- 2016
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Movie
24 Weeks
Astrid
The Have-Nots
Isabelle
All of a Sudden
Laura
- 2015
Men Have to Go through This
Lena
- 2014
The Chosen Ones
Petra Grust (jung)
Monsoon Baby
Nina
- 2013
Not Quite a Simple Story
Movie
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
Eva Reich
- 2012
Hannah Arendt
Lotte Köhler
Kommissar Marthaler
Kirsten Höpfner · 5 episodes
- 2011
Hut in the Woods
Petra
- 2010
Here Comes Lola!
Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
2000s
- 2009
The Murder Farm
Kathrin
Effi Briest
Effi Briest
- 2008
33 Scenes from Life
Julia
- 2007
Suddenly Gina
Gina Franke
- 2006
Kronprinz Rudolf
Sarah · 2 episodes
- 2005
Snowland
Inna
- 2004
- 2002
My Brother the Vampire
Nadine
- 2001
Julietta
Nicole
