Acting · Berlin, Germany · Born February 20, 1978
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.
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TVDrunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof
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as Ursula Fink
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as Julia
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2020
as Hermine Lindenberg
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2016
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2015
as Lena
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2014
as Petra Grust (jung)
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2014
as Nina
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2013
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2013
as Nicks Mutter
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2013
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2012
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2012
as Julia Jentsch
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2011
as Petra
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2011
as The Race Starter (uncredited)
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as Julia
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as Jule
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German Television Award
1999
as Self
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1999
as Self
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1998
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1998
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1998
as Christina Hofer
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as Self
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as Self
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as Self
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as Johanna Kemmerlang
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Die hellen Tage
as Maria
