Julia Jentsch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 20, 1978
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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". 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
- Die hellen Tage
Die hellen Tage 2027
as Maria
Frieda 2026
Actor
Prosecution 2026
as Alexandra Tiedemann
A Happy Family 2026
as Sabine Gubler
What Marielle Knows 2025
as Julia
Electric Fields 2024
Actor
8 Days in August 2024
as Helena
The Hippocratic Silence 2022
as Clara Horn
Monte Verità 2021
as Ida Hofmann
Once Were Rebels 2020
as Helene
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding 2020
as Hermine Lindenberg
FrauMutterTier 2019
as Marie Wohlenberg
I'm (Endless Like the Space) 2017
as Maria
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun 2016
Actor
24 Weeks 2016
as Astrid
The Have-Nots 2016
as Isabelle
All of a Sudden 2016
as Laura
Men Have to Go through This 2015
as Lena
The Chosen Ones 2014
as Petra Grust (jung)
Monsoon Baby 2014
as Nina
Not Quite a Simple Story 2013
Actor
Kokowääh 2 2013
as Nicks Mutter
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich 2013
as Eva Reich
Hannah Arendt 2012
as Lotte Köhler
- Speechless
Speechless 2012
as Julia Jentsch
Hut in the Woods 2011
as Petra
Chalet Girl 2011
as The Race Starter (uncredited)
Here Comes Lola! 2010
as Viktualia Vicky' Veloso
The Murder Farm 2009
as Kathrin
Effi Briest 2009
as Effi Briest
33 Scenes from Life 2008
as Julia
Suddenly Gina 2007
as Gina Franke
I Served the King of England 2007
as Líza
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days 2005
as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
Snowland 2005
as Inna
The Edukators 2004
as Jule
Downfall 2004
as Hanna Potrowski
- Othello
Othello 2003
as Desdemona
My Brother the Vampire 2002
as Nadine
- Und die Braut wusste von nichts
Und die Braut wusste von nichts 2002
as Caroline Mierendorff
- Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt
Die Erpressung - Ein teuflischer Pakt 2001
as Chrissie Kramer
Julietta 2001
as Nicole
Credits from TMDB.