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Leonie Benesch
Hamburg, Germany
Leonie Benesch (born April 22, 1991) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including Babylon Berlin and The Crown, as well as Around the World in 80 Days.…
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Leonie Benesch (born April 22, 1991) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including Babylon Berlin and The Crown, as well as Around the World in 80 Days. She is currently based in London. In 2009, Benesch played the role of Eva in the film The White Ribbon, which won the Golden Palm. Film critics singled out her performance as "a discovery". She received the American "Young Artist Award" for her work, as well as a "New Faces Award". In 2010, she performed in Philip Koch's drama Picco and in Sophie Heldman's film Colors in the Dark (Satte Farben vor Schwarz), where she worked alongside Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2017, Benesch performed in Babylon Berlin as Greta Overbeck, winning the "German Acting Prize". Benesch also performed in The Crown as the sister of Prince Philip, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. In 2020, she was cast in the BBC miniseries Around the World in 80 Days, alongside David Tennant as Phileas Fogg and Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout. Benesch grew up in Tübingen, and attended the Freie Waldorfschule. She also attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is of French and Transylvanian descent.
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2027
ZOMA
Movie Elli Schreiber
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2026
Prisoner
TV show Nina Drâgus
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2025
Berlin Hero
Movie Natalie Hartung
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2025
Late Shift
Movie Floria Lind
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2024
September 5
Movie Marianne Gebhardt
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2024
Moresnet
TV show Eva Rolin
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2023
The Teachers' Lounge
Movie Carla Nowak
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2023
The Swarm
TV show Charlie Wagner
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2021
Around the World in 80 Days
TV show Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
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2020
Spy City
TV show Eliza Hahn
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2020
Persian Lessons
Movie Elsa
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2020
The Turncoat
TV show Hildegard Roth
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2020
Phoenix
Movie
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2019
Holiday Secrets
TV show
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2019
Vienna Blood
TV show Helena Rieger
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2019
Der Club der singenden Metzger
TV show
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2019
The Master Butcher
Movie Eva
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2019
Brecht
TV show Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
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2018
1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
Movie
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2017
Counterpart
TV show Sofia
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2017
Howards End
TV show Frieda Mosenbach
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2017
Babylon Berlin
TV show Greta Overbeck
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2016
The Crown
TV show Princess Cecilie
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2015
8 Seconds
Movie Helen
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2014
Viking Women
Movie Jova
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2013
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom
Movie Maria
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2013
Die Flut ist pünktlich
Movie Mia Halbach
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2013
George
Movie Margot Hanke
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2012
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
TV show Gaby Zinke
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2011
Picco
Movie Kevins Girlfriend
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2011
Colors in the Dark
Movie Yvonne
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2010
Eine feste Burg
Movie Katja Klein
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2009
The White Ribbon
Movie Eva
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2007
Beautiful Bitch
Movie Gitti
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2006
Der Kriminalist
TV show Clarissa von Tannenhof
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2003
SOKO Köln
TV show Nadia Winkowski
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1997
Leute heute
TV show Self
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1970
Scene of the Crime
TV show Julia
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Mädchen in Uniform
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