Julia Jentsch
Born: 1978-02-20 in Berlin, Germany
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof as Ursula Fink
- What Marielle Knows as Julia
2024
- 8 Days in August as Helena
- Electric Fields
2022
- The Hippocratic Silence as Clara Horn
2021
- Monte Verità as Ida Hofmann
2020
- Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding as Hermine Lindenberg
- Once Were Rebels as Helene
2019
- Pagan Peak as Ellie Stocker
- FrauMutterTier as Nathalie
2017
- I'm (Endless Like the Space) as Maria
- Ostfriesenkrimis as Ann Kathrin Klaasen
- Das Verschwinden as Michelle Grabowski
2016
- The Have-Nots as Isabelle
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
- 24 Weeks as Astrid
- All of a Sudden as Laura
2015
- Men Have to Go through This as Lena
2014
- The Chosen Ones as Petra Grust (jung)
- Monsoon Baby as Nina
2013
- Kokowääh 2 as Nicks Mutter
- The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich as Eva Reich
- Not Quite a Simple Story
2012
- Hannah Arendt as Lotte Köhler
- Kommissar Marthaler as Kirsten Höpfner
2011
- Chalet Girl as The Race Starter (uncredited)
- Hut in the Woods as Petra
2010
- Here Comes Lola! as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
2009
- The Murder Farm as Kathrin
- Effi Briest as Effi Briest
2008
- 33 Scenes from Life as Julia
2007
- I Served the King of England as Líza
- Suddenly Gina as Gina Franke
2006
- Kronprinz Rudolf as Sarah
2005
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
- Thadeusz
- Snowland as Inna
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
2004
- Downfall as Hanna Potrowski
- Kulturplatz as Self
- Sarah Kuttner – Die Show as self - guest
- The Edukators as Jule
2003
- Othello as Desdemona
2002
- Bloch as Laura
- Und die Braut wusste von nichts as Caroline Mierendorff
- My Brother the Vampire as Nadine
2001
- Julietta as Nicole
- Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt as Chrissie Kramer
1999
- Volle Kanne as Self
- German Television Award as Self
1998
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- Alpha Forum as Self
- Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari as Christina Hofer
1997
- Nachtstudio as Self
- Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen as Svenja Bergmann
1989
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self
- Blauer Panther as Self
1979
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1974
- 3 nach 9 as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Johanna Kemmerlang
1951
- German Film Award as Self