Lena Amende

Acting · Dinslaken, Germany · Born April 15, 1982

Lena Amende (born April 15, 1982, in Dinslaken) is a German actress. Lena Amende completed her acting training at institutions including the Filmacting School Cologne and the International Film School Cologne, and also pursued further training in Method Acting. Parallel to her acting career, she studied psychology at the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin and later began training to become a psychodynamic and analytic psychotherapist. Amende made her film debut in 2004 in the comedy *7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald* (7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Woods), playing the role of Rapunzel. Additional film roles followed in productions such as *FC Venus – Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung*, *Keinohrhasen*, *Lamento*, and *Die Lügen der Sieger*. On television, she appeared primarily in guest and episodic roles in numerous series, including *Lotta in Love*, *Lindenstraße*, *Ein Fall für zwei*, *Alarm für Cobra 11*, *Großstadtrevier*, *Der Landarzt*, and *Verbotene Liebe*. She played recurring roles in series such as *Sturm der Liebe* and the final season of *Forsthaus Falkenau*. Furthermore, Amende appeared in various television films, including several productions within the ZDF series centered on the character Franziska Luginsland, as well as the Sat.1 production *Der Prinz von nebenan*. In addition to her work in front of the camera, she also performed on theater stages in Cologne and Berlin and made occasional appearances in commercials.