Helena Zengel
Age: N/A | From: Berlin, Germany
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Homepage: http://www.helenazengel.com
Movie Involvements: 12
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
Helena Zengel is a German actress. She is best known for her roles in the films System Crasher (2019) and News of the World (2020). After System Crasher won a number of international awards, Zengel was cast by Universal Pictures to play a leading role in the American Western film News of the World directed by the British film director Paul Greengrass, which was her first international film. In this adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Canadian-American writer Paulette Jiles, which starred Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kidd, Zengel stars as a 10-year-old German orphan named Johanna Leonberger who was raised by the Kiowa; most of her performance is in the Kiowa language. For her performance, Zengel received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Zengel also dubbed herself in the Italian, German, French and Spanish versions; the dubbing is limited to the lines she spoke in English.
Most Famous Work
Inga Lindström
(2004) Milla
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
(2023) Josy Larenz
Die Spezialisten – Im Namen der Opfer
(2016) Lilly Weyer
News of the World
(2020) Johanna Leonberger
System Crasher
(2019) Benni
The Good Cop
(2017) Fabienne
Looping
(2016) Lilly
Dark Blue Girl
(2017) LucaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Josy Larenz | |
| 2021 | Nina Cutter | |
| 2020 | Johanna Leonberger | |
| spielendes Mädchen | ||
| 2019 | Benni | |
| 2017 | Fabienne | |
| Lilly Weyer | ||
| Luca | ||
| 2016 | Karlotta | |
| Lilly | ||
| Anja Rothmann (jung) | ||
| Anja Rothmann (jung) | ||
| Lilly Weyer | ||
| 2014 | Johanna (age 5) | |
| 2004 | Milla | |
| 1979 | Self | |
| Yuri | ||
| Rebecca Byrne | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
