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