Helena Zengel
Born: 2008-06-10 in Berlin, Germany
Known For: Acting
Biography
Helena Zengel is a German actress. She is best known for her roles in the films System Crasher (2019) and News of the World (2020). After System Crasher won a number of international awards, Zengel was cast by Universal Pictures to play a leading role in the American Western film News of the World directed by the British film director Paul Greengrass, which was her first international film. In this adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Canadian-American writer Paulette Jiles, which starred Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kidd, Zengel stars as a 10-year-old German orphan named Johanna Leonberger who was raised by the Kiowa; most of her performance is in the Kiowa language. For her performance, Zengel received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Zengel also dubbed herself in the Italian, German, French and Spanish versions; the dubbing is limited to the lines she spoke in English.
Filmography
2025
- The Legend of Ochi as Yuri
- Transamazonia as Rebecca Byrne
2023
- Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy as Josy Larenz
- INTIMATE. as Nyla
2021
- A Christmas Number One as Nina Cutter
2020
- News of the World as Johanna Leonberger
- Baby Bitchka as spielendes Mädchen
2019
- System Crasher as Benni
2017
- Der gute Bulle as Fabienne
- Sommermärchen as Lilly Weyer
- Dark Blue Girl as Luca
2016
- Never Too Late for Justice as Anja Rothmann (jung)
- Looping as Lilly
- Route B96 as Karlotta
2015
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
2004
- Inga Lindström as Milla
1992
- Riverboat as Self
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self