Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 10, 2008
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Credits
20 titles
Helena Zengel
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.
Known For
Filmography
Bloody Tennis
Heidi
Transamazonia
Rebecca Byrne
The Legend of Ochi
Yuri
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Josy Larenz
INTIMATE.
Nyla
A Christmas Number One
Nina Cutter
News of the World
Johanna Leonberger
Baby Bitchka
spielendes Mädchen
System Crasher
Benni
Der gute Bulle
Fabienne
Sommermärchen
Lilly Weyer
Dark Blue Girl
Luca
Route B96
Karlotta
Looping
Lilly
Never Too Late for Justice
Anja Rothmann (jung)
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self
Inga Lindström
Milla
Riverboat
Self
NDR Talk Show
Self
Exploding Ducks