Julia Jentsch
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1978-02-20 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Julia Jentsch
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.
Acting
(2025)
What Marielle Knows
as Julia
(2024)
(2024)
8 Days in August
as Helena
(2022)
The Hippocratic Silence
as Clara Horn
(2021)
Monte Verità
as Ida Hofmann
(2020)
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
as Hermine Lindenberg
(2020)
Once Were Rebels
as Helene
(2019)
FrauMutterTier
as Nathalie
(2017)
I'm (Endless Like the Space)
as Maria
(2016)
24 Weeks
as Astrid
(2016)
All of a Sudden
as Laura
(2016)
The Have-Nots
as Isabelle
(2016)
(2015)
Men Have to Go through This
as Lena
(2014)
The Chosen Ones
as Petra Grust (jung)
(2014)
Monsoon Baby
as Nina
(2013)
Kokowääh 2
as Nicks Mutter
(2013)
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
as Eva Reich
(2013)
(2012)
Hannah Arendt
as Lotte Köhler
(2011)
Chalet Girl
as The Race Starter (uncredited)
(2011)
Hut in the Woods
as Petra
(2010)
Here Comes Lola!
as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
(2009)
The Murder Farm
as Kathrin
(2009)
Effi Briest
as Effi Briest
(2008)
33 Scenes from Life
as Julia
(2007)
I Served the King of England
as Líza
(2007)
Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten
as Gina Franke
(2005)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
(2005)
Snowland
as Inna
(2004)
Downfall
as Hanna Potrowski
(2004)
The Edukators
as Jule
(2003)
Othello
as Desdemona
(2002)
My Brother the Vampire
as Nadine
(2002)
Und die Braut wusste von nichts
as Caroline Mierendorff
(2001)
Julietta
as Nicole
(2001)
Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt
as Chrissie Kramer