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.
Known For
Scene of the Crime
Kölner Treff
Kulturplatz
Pagan Peak
Downfall
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
Kommissar Marthaler
Ostfriesenkrimis
All Movies (41)
- Prosecution2026 · as Alexandra Tiedemann
- What Marielle Knows2025 · as Julia
- Electric Fields2024
- 8 Days in August2024 · as Helena
- The Hippocratic Silence2022 · as Clara Horn
- Monte Verità2021 · as Ida Hofmann
- Once Were Rebels2020 · as Helene
- Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding2020 · as Hermine Lindenberg
- FrauMutterTier2019 · as Marie Wohlenberg
- I'm (Endless Like the Space)2017 · as Maria
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun2016
- 24 Weeks2016 · as Astrid
- The Have-Nots2016 · as Isabelle
- All of a Sudden2016 · as Laura
- Men Have to Go through This2015 · as Lena
- The Chosen Ones2014 · as Petra Grust (jung)
- Monsoon Baby2014 · as Nina
- Not Quite a Simple Story2013
- Kokowääh 22013 · as Nicks Mutter
- The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich2013 · as Eva Reich
- Hannah Arendt2012 · as Lotte Köhler
- Speechless2012 · as Julia Jentsch
- Hut in the Woods2011 · as Petra
- Chalet Girl2011 · as The Race Starter (uncredited)
- Here Comes Lola!2010 · as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
- The Murder Farm2009 · as Kathrin
- Effi Briest2009 · as Effi Briest
- 33 Scenes from Life2008 · as Julia
- Suddenly Gina2007 · as Gina Franke
- I Served the King of England2007 · as Líza
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days2005 · as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
- Snowland2005 · as Inna
- The Edukators2004 · as Jule
- Downfall2004 · as Hanna Potrowski
- Othello2003 · as Desdemona
- My Brother the Vampire2002 · as Nadine
- Und die Braut wusste von nichts2002 · as Caroline Mierendorff
- Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt2001 · as Chrissie Kramer
- Julietta2001 · as Nicole
- Die hellen Tage— · as Èvi
- A Happy Family— · as Sabine Gubler
All TV Shows (25)
- Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof2025 · as Ursula Fink
- Pagan Peak2019 · as Ellie Stocker
- Das Verschwinden2017 · as Michelle Grabowski
- Ostfriesenkrimis2017 · as Ann Kathrin Klaasen
- Kommissar Marthaler2012 · as Kirsten Höpfner
- Kronprinz Rudolf2006 · as Sarah
- Thadeusz2005
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten2005 · as Self
- Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
- Sarah Kuttner – Die Show2004 · as self - guest
- Bloch2002 · as Laura
- German Television Award1999 · as Self
- Volle Kanne1999 · as Self
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998 · as Self
- Alpha Forum1998 · as Self
- Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari1998 · as Christina Hofer
- Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen1997 · as Svenja Bergmann
- Nachtstudio1997 · as Self
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin1989 · as Self
- Blauer Panther1989 · as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
- Kölner Treff1976 · as Self
- 3 nach 91974 · as Self
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Johanna Kemmerlang
- German Film Award1951 · as Self