Leonie Benesch
Age: N/A | From: Hamburg, Germany
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Aliases: Леони Бенеш , Леоні Бенеш , لیونی بنش
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany
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Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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'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.
Most Famous Work
SOKO Köln
(2003) Nadia Winkowski
The Crown
(2016) Princess Cecilie
Scene of the Crime
(1970) Julia
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
(2012) Gaby Zinke
Leute heute
(1997) Self
Babylon Berlin
(2017) Greta Overbeck
The Swarm
(2023) Charlie Wagner
Around the World in 80 Days
(2021) Abigail 'Fix' FortescueActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Floria Lind | |
| 2024 | N/A | |
| Marianne | ||
| 2023 | Carla Nowak | |
| Charlie Wagner | ||
| 2021 | Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue | |
| 2020 | Eliza Hahn | |
| Elsa | ||
| Hildegard Roth | ||
| Hildegard Roth | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2019 | Eva | |
| N/A | ||
| Helena Rieger | ||
| N/A | ||
| Young Elisabeth Hauptmann | ||
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2017 | Frieda Mosenbach | |
| Greta Overbeck | ||
| 2016 | Princess Cecilie | |
| 2015 | Helen | |
| 2014 | Jova | |
| 2013 | Maria | |
| Mia Halbach | ||
| Margot Hanke | ||
| 2012 | Gaby Zinke | |
| 2011 | Kevins Girlfriend | |
| Yvonne | ||
| 2010 | Katja Klein | |
| 2009 | Eva | |
| 2007 | Gitti | |
| 2006 | Clarissa von Tannenhof | |
| 2003 | Nadia Winkowski | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1970 | Julia | |
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