Julia Jentsch
Known for Acting · 66 credits
- Born
- 1978-02-20 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- 줄리아 옌체
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.
Known For
TV Shows (25)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Johanna Kemmerlang
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
2005
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004
as self - guest
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Thadeusz
2005
Pagan Peak
2019
as Ellie Stocker
German Television Award
1999
as Self
Bloch
2002
as Laura
Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
1997
as Svenja Bergmann
Ostfriesenkrimis
2017
as Ann Kathrin Klaasen
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
1998
as Christina Hofer
Kommissar Marthaler
2012
as Kirsten Höpfner
Kronprinz Rudolf
2006
as Sarah
Das Verschwinden
2017
as Michelle Grabowski
Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof
2025
as Ursula Fink
Movies (41)
Downfall
2004
as Hanna Potrowski
Chalet Girl
2011
as The Race Starter (uncredited)
The Edukators
2004
as Jule
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
Hannah Arendt
2012
as Lotte Köhler
I Served the King of England
2007
as Líza
Kokowääh 2
2013
as Nicks Mutter
24 Weeks
2016
as Astrid
Prosecution
2026
as Alexandra Tiedemann
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
as Hermine Lindenberg
All of a Sudden
2016
as Laura
Effi Briest
2009
as Effi Briest
Snowland
2005
as Inna
The Have-Nots
2016
as Isabelle
Hut in the Woods
2011
as Petra
The Chosen Ones
2014
as Petra Grust (jung)
Here Comes Lola!
2010
as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
Julietta
2001
as Nicole
What Marielle Knows
2025
as Julia
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
2013
as Eva Reich
Monsoon Baby
2014
as Nina
Electric Fields
2024
Suddenly Gina
2007
as Gina Franke
The Murder Farm
2009
as Kathrin
Monte Verità
2021
as Ida Hofmann
The Hippocratic Silence
2022
as Clara Horn
FrauMutterTier
2019
as Marie Wohlenberg
8 Days in August
2024
as Helena
Men Have to Go through This
2015
as Lena
Once Were Rebels
2020
as Helene
Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt
2001
as Chrissie Kramer
My Brother the Vampire
2002
as Nadine
Speechless
2012
as Julia Jentsch
33 Scenes from Life
2008
as Julia
Die hellen Tage
as Èvi
Und die Braut wusste von nichts
2002
as Caroline Mierendorff
Not Quite a Simple Story
2013
I'm (Endless Like the Space)
2017
as Maria
Othello
2003
as Desdemona
A Happy Family
as Sabine Gubler
About Julia Jentsch
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… With 66 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Julia Jentsch has appeared in 41 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Julia Jentsch Movies
- Downfall (2004) — as Hanna Potrowski
- Chalet Girl (2011) — as The Race Starter (uncredited)
- The Edukators (2004) — as Jule
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) — as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
- Hannah Arendt (2012) — as Lotte Köhler
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