Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1978-02-20 (Age: 48)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Julia Jentsch
Biography
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.
Filmography (38)
Prosecution
2026
What Marielle Knows
2025
Electric Fields
2024
8 Days in August
2024
The Hippocratic Silence
2022
Monte Verità
2021
Once Were Rebels
2020
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020
FrauMutterTier
2019
I'm (Endless Like the Space)
2017
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
24 Weeks
2016
The Have-Nots
2016
All of a Sudden
2016
