- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1991
- Place of Birth
- Hamburg, Germany
Leonie Benesch
Leonie Benesch (born April 22, 1991) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including Babylon Berlin and The Crown, as well as Around the World in 80 Days. She is currently based in London. In 2009, Benesch played the role of Eva in the film The White Ribbon, which won the Golden Palm. Film critics singled out her performance as "a discovery". She received the American "Young Artist Award" for her work, as well as a "New Faces Award". In 2010, she performed in Philip Koch's drama Picco and in Sophie Heldman's film Colors in the Dark (Satte Farben vor Schwarz), where she worked alongside Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2017, Benesch performed in Babylon Berlin as Greta Overbeck, winning the "German Acting Prize". Benesch also performed in The Crown as the sister of Prince Philip, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. In 2020, she was cast in the BBC miniseries A…
Filmography
ZOMA
movieZOMA
2027 · Elli Schreiber
tvPrisoner
2026 · Nina Drâgus
movieThe Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station
2025 · Natalie Hartung
movieLate Shift
2025 · Floria Lind
movieSeptember 5
2024 · Marianne Gebhardt
tvMoresnet
2024 · Eva Rolin
movieThe Teachers' Lounge
2023 · Carla Nowak
tvThe Swarm
2023 · Charlie Wagner
tvAround the World in 80 Days
2021 · Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
tvSpy City
2020 · Eliza Hahn
moviePersian Lessons
2020 · Elsa
tvThe Turncoat
2020 · Hildegard Roth
moviePhoenix
2020
movieThe Master Butcher
2019 · Eva
tvHoliday Secrets
2019
tvVienna Blood
2019 · Helena Rieger
tvDer Club der singenden Metzger
2019
tvBrecht
2019 · Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
movie1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
2018
tvCounterpart
2017 · Sofia
tvHowards End
2017 · Frieda Mosenbach
tvBabylon Berlin
2017 · Greta Overbeck
tvThe Crown
2016 · Princess Cecilie
movie8 Seconds
2015 · Helen
Viking Women
movieViking Women
2014 · Jova
movieDas Jerusalem-Syndrom
2013 · Maria
movieDie Flut ist pünktlich
2013 · Mia Halbach
movieGeorge
2013 · Margot Hanke
tvHeiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
2012 · Gaby Zinke
moviePicco
2011 · Kevins Girlfriend
movieColors in the Dark
2011 · Yvonne
Eine feste Burg
movieEine feste Burg
2010 · Katja Klein
movieThe White Ribbon
2009 · Eva
movieBeautiful Bitch
2007 · Gitti
tvDer Kriminalist
2006 · Clarissa von Tannenhof
tvSOKO Köln
2003 · Nadia Winkowski
tvLeute heute
1997 · Self
tvScene of the Crime
1970 · Julia
Mädchen in Uniform
movieMädchen in Uniform
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