Leonie Benesch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1991 (age 35)
- Birthplace
- Hamburg, Germany
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.
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Filmography
Heureka
Movie
ZOMA
Movie · as Elli Schreiber
Mädchen in Uniform
Movie
Prisoner
TV · as Nina Drâgus · 6 eps
Berlin Hero
Movie · as Natalie Hartung
Late Shift
Movie · as Floria Lind
September 5
Movie · as Marianne Gebhardt
Moresnet
TV · as Eva Rolin · 6 eps
The Teachers' Lounge
Movie · as Carla Nowak
The Swarm
TV · as Charlie Wagner · 8 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue · 8 eps
Persian Lessons
Movie · as Elsa
Phoenix
Movie
The Turncoat
TV · as Hildegard Roth · 4 eps
Spy City
TV · as Eliza Hahn · 6 eps
The Master Butcher
Movie · as Eva
Brecht
TV · as Young Elisabeth Hauptmann · 1 ep
Holiday Secrets
TV · 3 eps
Der Club der singenden Metzger
TV · as Eva · 4 eps
Vienna Blood
TV · as Helena Rieger · 2 eps
1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
Movie
Howards End
TV · as Frieda Mosenbach · 4 eps
Babylon Berlin
TV · as Greta Overbeck · 28 eps
Counterpart
TV · as Sofia · 2 eps
The Crown
TV · as Princess Cecilie · 3 eps
8 Seconds
Movie · as Helen
Viking Women
Movie · as Jova
George
Movie · as Margot Hanke
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom
Movie · as Maria
Die Flut ist pünktlich
Movie · as Mia Halbach
Murder in the North
TV · as Gaby Zinke · 1 ep
Picco
Movie · as Kevins Girlfriend
Colors in the Dark
Movie · as Yvonne
Eine feste Burg
Movie · as Katja Klein
The White Ribbon
Movie · as Eva
Beautiful Bitch
Movie · as Gitti
Der Kriminalist
TV · as Clarissa von Tannenhof · 1 ep
SOKO Köln
TV · as Nadia Winkowski · 1 ep
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Julia · 1 ep