Julia Jentsch
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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.
Known for
Credits
Downfall (2004)
as Hanna Potrowski
Chalet Girl (2011)
as The Race Starter (uncredited)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
as Lotte Köhler
The Edukators (2004)
as Jule
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
What Marielle Knows (2025)
as Julia
Hut in the Woods (2011)
as Petra
Prosecution (2026)
as Alexandra Tiedemann
Kokowääh 2 (2013)
as Nicks Mutter
Effi Briest (2009)
as Effi Briest
I Served the King of England (2007)
as Líza
Speechless (2012)
as Julia Jentsch
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding (2020)
as Hermine Lindenberg
The Chosen Ones (2014)
as Petra Grust (jung)
Snowland (2005)
as Inna
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)
Actor
24 Weeks (2016)
as Astrid
The Murder Farm (2009)
as Kathrin
The Have-Nots (2016)
as Isabelle
33 Scenes from Life (2008)
as Julia
Electric Fields (2024)
Actor
Here Comes Lola! (2010)
as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
FrauMutterTier (2019)
as Marie Wohlenberg
Othello (2003)
as Desdemona
Men Have to Go through This (2015)
as Lena
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich (2013)
as Eva Reich
Monte Verità (2021)
as Ida Hofmann
Die hellen Tage (—)
as Èvi
A Happy Family (2026)
as Sabine Gubler
All of a Sudden (2016)
as Laura
Suddenly Gina (2007)
as Gina Franke
Julietta (2001)
as Nicole
8 Days in August (2024)
as Helena
My Brother the Vampire (2002)
as Nadine
I'm (Endless Like the Space) (2017)
as Maria
The Hippocratic Silence (2022)
as Clara Horn
Und die Braut wusste von nichts (2002)
as Caroline Mierendorff
Not Quite a Simple Story (2013)
Actor
Once Were Rebels (2020)
as Helene
Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt (2001)
as Chrissie Kramer
Monsoon Baby (2014)
as Nina