Acting
Julia Jentsch
Born Feb 20, 1978 · 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.
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Acting
Frieda
2026
Drama
Prosecution
2026
Thriller
A Happy Family
2026
Drama
Drunter & Drüber - Chaos auf dem Friedhof
2025
Comedy
What Marielle Knows
2025
Drama · Comedy · Fantasy
Electric Fields
2024
Drama
8 Days in August
2024
Comedy
The Hippocratic Silence
2022
TV Movie · Drama
Monte Verità
2021
History · Drama
Once Were Rebels
2020
Drama
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
Music · Drama · Documentary
FrauMutterTier
2019
Comedy
Pagan Peak
2019
Crime · Drama
I'm (Endless Like the Space)
2017
Fantasy
Das Verschwinden
2017
Crime · Drama
Ostfriesenkrimis
2017
Crime
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
Documentary
24 Weeks
2016
Drama
The Have-Nots
2016
Drama
All of a Sudden
2016
Drama · Thriller
Men Have to Go through This
2015
Comedy
The Chosen Ones
2014
TV Movie · Drama
Monsoon Baby
2014
Drama · TV Movie
Not Quite a Simple Story
2013
Comedy · Drama
Kokowääh 2
2013
Comedy
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
2013
Drama
Hannah Arendt
2012
Drama
Kommissar Marthaler
2012
Crime
Hut in the Woods
2011
Drama
Chalet Girl
2011
Comedy · Romance
Here Comes Lola!
2010
Family · Comedy · Drama
The Murder Farm
2009
Drama · Thriller
Effi Briest
2009
Drama · Romance
33 Scenes from Life
2008
Drama
Suddenly Gina
2007
Romance · Drama · TV Movie
I Served the King of England
2007
Comedy
Kronprinz Rudolf
2006
Drama · Soap
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
Drama · History
Snowland
2005
Drama
The Edukators
2004
Drama · Comedy
Downfall
2004
Drama · History · War
My Brother the Vampire
2002
Drama · Comedy
Julietta
2001
Drama · Romance
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
1998
Crime
Scene of the Crime
1970
Drama · Crime