Leonie Benesch

Known for ActingBorn 1991-04-22 (age 35)Hamburg, Germany

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Crown

The Master Butcher

Late Shift

Babylon Berlin

Persian Lessons

Counterpart

The White Ribbon

Around the World in 80 Days

Vienna Blood

The Teachers' Lounge

Spy City

September 5

SOKO Köln

Howards End

Moresnet

George

The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station

Der Club der singenden Metzger

The Swarm

Holiday Secrets

The Turncoat

8 Seconds

Picco

Scene of the Crime

Prisoner

Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden

Colors in the Dark

Brecht

Beautiful Bitch

Leute heute

Der Kriminalist

Die Flut ist pünktlich

ZOMA

Phoenix

1929 - Das Jahr Babylon

Viking Women

Das Jerusalem-Syndrom

Eine feste Burg

Mädchen in Uniform