Julia Jentsch
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
Downfall
2004
as Hanna Potrowski
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
Chalet Girl
2011
as The Race Starter (uncredited)
What Marielle Knows
2025
as Julia
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
Here Comes Lola!
2010
as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
The Chosen Ones
2014
as Petra Grust (jung)
The Have-Nots
2016
as Isabelle
33 Scenes from Life
2008
as Julia
Hannah Arendt
2012
as Lotte Köhler
The Murder Farm
2009
as Kathrin
The Edukators
2004
as Jule
Snowland
2005
as Inna
I Served the King of England
2007
as Líza
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
2013
as Eva Reich
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
as Hermine Lindenberg
Julietta
2001
as Nicole
All of a Sudden
2016
as Laura
8 Days in August
2024
as Helena
Suddenly Gina
2007
as Gina Franke