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Julia Jentsch
Berlin, Germany
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…
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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.
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2027
Die hellen Tage
Movie Maria
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2026
Frieda
Movie
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2026
Prosecution
Movie Alexandra Tiedemann
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2026
A Happy Family
Movie Sabine Gubler
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2025
Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof
TV show Ursula Fink
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2025
What Marielle Knows
Movie Julia
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2024
Electric Fields
Movie
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2024
8 Days in August
Movie Helena
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2022
The Hippocratic Silence
Movie Clara Horn
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2021
Monte Verità
Movie Ida Hofmann
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2020
Once Were Rebels
Movie Helene
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2020
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
Movie Hermine Lindenberg
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2019
FrauMutterTier
Movie Marie Wohlenberg
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2019
Pagan Peak
TV show Ellie Stocker
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2017
I'm (Endless Like the Space)
Movie Maria
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2017
Das Verschwinden
TV show Michelle Grabowski
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2017
Ostfriesenkrimis
TV show Ann Kathrin Klaasen
- 2016
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2016
24 Weeks
Movie Astrid
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2016
The Have-Nots
Movie Isabelle
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2016
All of a Sudden
Movie Laura
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2015
Men Have to Go through This
Movie Lena
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2014
The Chosen Ones
Movie Petra Grust (jung)
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2014
Monsoon Baby
Movie Nina
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2013
Not Quite a Simple Story
Movie
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2013
Kokowääh 2
Movie Nicks Mutter
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2013
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
Movie Eva Reich
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2012
Hannah Arendt
Movie Lotte Köhler
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2012
Speechless
Movie Julia Jentsch
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2012
Kommissar Marthaler
TV show Kirsten Höpfner
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2011
Hut in the Woods
Movie Petra
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2011
Chalet Girl
Movie The Race Starter (uncredited)
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2010
Here Comes Lola!
Movie Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
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2009
The Murder Farm
Movie Kathrin
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2009
Effi Briest
Movie Effi Briest
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2008
33 Scenes from Life
Movie Julia
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2007
Suddenly Gina
Movie Gina Franke
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2007
I Served the King of England
Movie Líza
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2006
Kronprinz Rudolf
TV show Sarah
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2005
Thadeusz
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