Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 22, 1991
Place of Birth
Hamburg, Germany
Credits
39 titles
Leonie Benesch
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.
Known For
Filmography
ZOMA
Elli Schreiber
Prisoner
Nina Drâgus
The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station
Natalie Hartung
Late Shift
Floria Lind
Moresnet
Eva Rolin
September 5
Marianne Gebhardt
The Teachers' Lounge
Carla Nowak
The Swarm
Charlie Wagner
Around the World in 80 Days
Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
Spy City
Eliza Hahn
Persian Lessons
Elsa
The Turncoat
Hildegard Roth
Phoenix
Holiday Secrets
Vienna Blood
Helena Rieger
Der Club der singenden Metzger
The Master Butcher
Eva
Brecht
Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
Counterpart
Sofia
Howards End
Frieda Mosenbach
Babylon Berlin
Greta Overbeck
The Crown
Princess Cecilie
8 Seconds
Helen
Viking Women
Jova
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom
Maria
Die Flut ist pünktlich
Mia Halbach
George
Margot Hanke
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
Gaby Zinke
Picco
Kevins Girlfriend
Colors in the Dark
Yvonne
Eine feste Burg
Katja Klein
The White Ribbon
Eva
Beautiful Bitch
Gitti
Der Kriminalist
Clarissa von Tannenhof
SOKO Köln
Nadia Winkowski
Leute heute
Self
Scene of the Crime
Julia
Mädchen in Uniform