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Leonie Benesch (born 22 April 1991 in Hamburg)[1] 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.

Biography

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".[2] She received the American "Young Artist Award" for her work,[3] 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 [de] (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 [4] and Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout.

Personal life

Benesch grew up in Tübingen,[5] and attended the Freie Waldorfschule.[6] She also attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is of French and Transylvanian descent.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	Beautiful Bitch	Gitti
2009	The White Ribbon	Eva
2010	Picco	Kevins Freundin
	Colors in the Dark [de]	Yvonne
2011	Was uns zusteht	Kerstin	Short
2012	Morgenröte	Lynn	Short
2013	Brüderlein	Teresa
	George	Margot Hanke	TV film
	Das Jerusalem-Syndrom	Maria Gärtner	TV film
2014	Die Flut ist pünktlich [de]	Mia Halbach	TV film
	Die Frauen der Wikinger - Odins Töchter	Jova	TV film
2015	8 Seconds	Helen
2019	Brecht	Elisabeth Hauptmann
2020	Phoenix	Jenny	Short
	Persian Lessons	Elsa
	Der Überläufer	Hildegard Roth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Cologne P.D.	Nadia Winkowski	Episode: "Zeugin in Angst"
	Der Kriminalist	Clarissa von Tannenhof	Episode: "Blaues Blut"
2013	Tatort	Julia	Episode: "Freunde bis in den Tod"
2017	Howards End	Frieda Mosenbach	1 episode
2017, 2019	The Crown	Princess Cecilie	3 episodes
2017–2020	Babylon Berlin	Greta Overbeck	Series regular
2018	Counterpart	Sofia	2 episodes
	Morden im Norden	Gaby Zinke	Episode: "Jäger und Sammler"
2019	Holiday Secrets	Lara	Series regular
2020	Spy City	Eliza Hahn	Series regular
2021	Around the World in 80 Days	Abigail "Fix" Fortescue	Main role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer (with Leonard Proxauf)	The White Ribbon	Won
	New Faces Awards	Best Actress		Won
2014	Günter Strack TV Award	Best Young Actress	Tatort - Episode:Freunde bis in den Tod	Nominated
2018	German Screen Actors Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Babylon Berlin	Won

References

External links

• Leonie Benesch at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Leonie Benesch

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[ru] Бенеш, Леони

Леони Бенеш (нем. Leonie Benesch; род. 22 апреля 1991, Гамбург)[2] — немецкая актриса. Наиболее известна по ролям в телесериалах «Вавилон-Берлин» и «Корона».

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