Biography
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...
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Complete Filmography
Late Shift
2025
as Floria Lind
An entirely ordinary day on the beds ward of a surgical department. The nursing team is understaffed due to a shortage of personnel. Despite the hecti...
September 5
2024
as Marianne Gebhardt
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
The Teachers' Lounge
2023
as Carla Nowak
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the scho...
Persian Lessons
2020
as Elsa
Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by sw...
Phoenix
2020
Anton is about to lose the two most important women in his life but it takes the story of the king's son to make him face his fate.
The Master Butcher
2019
as Eva
After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for himsel...
1929 – Das Jahr Babylon
2018
A year of decisions. The country and the city are on the brink, the future is open, no one knows where the journey will take us. The First World War h...
8 Seconds
2015
as Helen
Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream ...
Viking Women
2014
as Jova
"VIKING WOMEN" gives completely new insights into a fascinating culture, about which it seemed everything was already known. Exclusive interviews with...
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom
2013
as Maria
A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to ...
Die Flut ist pünktlich
2013
as Mia Halbach
A corpse is washed up on the beach of the North Sea. The deceased is Alexander, husband of the beautiful Bettina. They have been coming to the island ...
George
2013
as Margot Hanke
The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite rol...
Picco
2011
as Kevins Girlfriend
Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where o...
Colors in the Dark
2011
as Yvonne
Anita and Fred have been a couple for 50 years, and happily married for nearly as long. They have two grown children, and their grandchildren are fini...
Eine feste Burg
2010
as Katja Klein
The White Ribbon
2009
as Eva
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year ...
Beautiful Bitch
2007
as Gitti
The story opens with Bica, a solvent abusing waif, trying in vain to evade the Romanian police with her infant brother in tow. Separated from her sibl...
Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
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All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him w...