Leonie Benesch Actress
Showreel
Film + TV
Heldin
Cinema Director Petra Volpe
Moresnet
TV Series Director Frank Van Passel Broadcaster Streamz and ZDFneo World Premiere Cannesseries 2024 Competition
September 5
Cinema Director Tim Fehlbaum
The Teachers’ Lounge
Cinema Director Ilker Çatak Distributor Alamode World premiere Berlinale Panorama 2023
THE SWARM
TV Series Director Luke Watson, Barbara Eder, Philipp Stölzl Broadcaster ZDF, viaplay
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
TV Series Director Steve Barron, Charles Beeson, Brian Kelly Broadcaster ZDF, France 2, RAI
SPY CITY
TV Series Director Miguel Alexandre Broadcaster ZDF
DER ÜBERLÄUFER
TV Mini-series Director Florian Gallenberger Broadcaster ARD
ZEIT DER GEHEIMNISSE
TV Mini-series Director Samira Radsi Broadcaster Netflix
BABYLON BERLIN, SEASON 3
TV Series Director Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries, Tom Tykwer Broadcaster Sky, ARD
PERSIAN LESSONS
Cinema Director Vadim Perelman Distributor Alamode, Memento Films
DER CLUB DER SINGENDEN METZGER
TV Mini-series Director Uli Edel Broadcaster ARD
BABYLON BERLIN, SEASON 2
TV Series Director Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries, Tom Tykwer Broadcaster Sky, ARD
BRECHT – EINE VORSTELLUNG
TV Mini-series Director Heinrich Breloer Broadcaster ARD
COUNTERPART
TV Series Director Alik Sakharov Broadcaster Starz!
HOWARDS END
TV Series Director Hettie Macdonald Broadcaster BBC
THE CROWN
TV Series Director Stephen Daldry Broadcaster Netflix
BABYLON BERLIN, SEASON 1
TV Series Director Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten Broadcaster SKY, ARD
8 SEKUNDEN – EIN AUGENBLICK DER UNENDLICHKEIT
Cinema Director Ömer Faruk Sorak Distributor Warner
DIE FRAUEN DER WIKINGER
TV Doku-Fiction Director Judith Voelker Broadcaster arte
DAS JERUSALEM SYNDROM
TV Film Director Dror Zahavi Broadcaster ARD
GEORGE
TV Film Director Joachim A. Lang Broadcaster SWR
DIE FLUT IST PÜNKTLICH
TV Film Director Thomas Berger Broadcaster ZDF
TATORT – FREUNDE BIS IN DEN TOD
TV Film Director Nicolai Rohde Broadcaster SWR
BRÜDERLEIN, KOMM TANZ MIT MIR
Short Director Nora Fingscheidt Distributor Aug&Ohr Medien
DER KRIMINALIST – BLAUES BLUT
TV Series Director Christian Görlitz Sender Broadcaster ZDF
WAS UNS ZUSTEHT
Short Director Thomas André Szabó
EINE FESTE BURG
Short Director Markus Dietrich
SATTE FARBEN VOR SCHWARZ
Cinema Director Sophie Heldmann Distributor Beta Film, Farbfilm
PICCO
Cinema Director Philip Koch Distributor Movienet
DAS WEISSE BAND / THE WHITE RIBBON
Cinema Director Michael Haneke Distributor X Verleih
Theater
LULU
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Christian Burgess
MEPHISTO
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Wyn Jones
RICHARD II
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Ian Brown
THE TROJAN WOMEN
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Patsy Rodenburg
INTO THE WOODS
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Martin Connor
SEPARATE TABLES
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Wyn Jones
LOVE FOR LOVE
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Richard Goulding
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Christian Burgess
MARINE PARADE
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Jo McInnes
THE MYSTERY PLAYS
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Director Eliot Shrimpton
Awards
The Teachers’ Lounge
Palm Springs International Filmfestival 2024 Award FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress in an International Feature Film
German Film Award “Lola” 2023 Award Best Female Lead and the Golden Lola for Best Film
Berlinale 2023 Award Cicae Art Cinema Award
Berlinale 2023 Award Label Europa Cinema
European Shooting Star 2023
BABYLON BERLIN
Deutscher Schauspielpreis Award Best Supporting Actress
DAS WEISSE BAND / THE WHITE RIBBON
Deutscher Filmpreis 2010 Award Best Film in Gold
Golden Globes 2010 Award Best Foreign Language Film
Young Artist Award 2010 Award Best Actress
Bunte New Faces Award 2010 Award Best Actress
Festival de Cannes 2009 Award Palme d’Or
European Film Award 2009 Award Best Film
Education
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
Languages
German
English