Leonie Benesch
- Recitazione
- 22 aprile 1991 · Hamburg, Germany
Biografia
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 Around the World in 80 Days, alongside David Tennant as Phileas Fogg and Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout. Benesch grew up in Tübingen, and attended the Freie Waldorfschule. She also attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is of French and Transylvanian descent.
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Filmografia
- Mädchen in Uniform
- ZOMA · Elli Schreiber
- Prisoner · Nina Drâgus
- Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße · Natalie Hartung
- L’ultimo turno · Floria Lind
- September 5 - La diretta che cambiò la storia · Marianne Gebhardt
- Moresnet · Eva Rolin
- La sala professori · Carla Nowak
- The Swarm - Il quinto giorno · Charlie Wagner
- Il Giro Del Mondo in 80 Giorni · Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
- Spy City · Eliza Hahn
- Lezioni di persiano · Elsa
- Il disertore · Hildegard Roth
- Phoenix
- Segreti nel tempo
- Vienna Blood · Helena Rieger
- Der Club der singenden Metzger · Eva
- Der Club der singenden Metzger · Eva
- Brecht · Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
- 1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
- Counterpart · Sofia
- Casa Howard · Frieda Mosenbach
- Babylon Berlin · Greta Overbeck
- The Crown · Princess Cecilie
- 8 Seconds · Helen
- Die Frauen der Wikinger - Odins Töchter · Jova
- Das Jerusalem-Syndrom · Maria
- Die Flut ist pünktlich · Mia Halbach
- George · Margot Hanke
- Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden · Gaby Zinke
- Picco · Kevins Girlfriend
- Tinte forti prima del nero · Yvonne
- Eine feste Burg · Katja Klein
- Il nastro bianco · Eva
- Beautiful Bitch · Gitti
- Der Kriminalist · Clarissa von Tannenhof
- SOKO Köln · Nadia Winkowski
- Leute heute · In persona
- Tatort · Julia
- Heureka