Julia Jentsch

Julia Jentsch (born February 20, 1978) is a Silver Bear, European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress.

Jentsch was born to a family of lawyers in Berlin and began her acting education there at Hochschule Ernst Busch, an university for drama. Her first prominent screen role was in the 2004 cult film "The Edukators", starring opposite Daniel Brühl.

Jentsch garnered further attention playing the title role in the 2005 film "Sophie Scholl – The Final Days", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In an interview, Jentsch said that the role was "an honor". [http://www.brigitte.de/kultur/kino_events/berlinale_2005/scholl/] For her role as Sophie Scholl she won the best actress at the European Film Awards, best actress at the German Film Awards (Lolas), along with the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin Film Festival.

elected filmography

*"Julietta" (2001)
*"Getting My Brother Laid" (2001)
*"The Edukators" (2004)
*"Tatort" (TV) (2004)
*"Downfall" (2004)
*"Schneeland" (2005)
*"Sophie Scholl – The Final Days" (2005)
*"I Served the King of England" (2006)
*"Bob's Not Gay" (2007) (pre-production)

Awards

*2004 Bavarian Film Award for Best New Actress.
*2005 Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards as "Best Actress" for portraying the role of Sophie Scholl.

External links

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* [http://www.julia-jentsch.de/ Julia Jentsch fansite] de icon