Leonie Benesch
Known For
Acting
Born
1991-04-22 in 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.
Most Known For
Scene of the Crime
as Julia
The Crown
as Princess Cecilie
Leute heute
as Self
SOKO Köln
as Nadia Winkowski
Babylon Berlin
as Greta Overbeck
Counterpart
as Sofia
Der Kriminalist
as Clarissa von Tannenhof
The Swarm
as Charlie Wagner
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
as Gaby Zinke
Late Shift
as Floria Lind
Vienna Blood
as Helena Rieger
Around the World in 80 Days
as Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
Howards End
as Frieda Mosenbach
The Turncoat
as Hildegard Roth
The White Ribbon
as Eva
The Teachers' Lounge
as Carla Nowak
Picco
as Kevins Girlfriend
Spy City
as Eliza Hahn
Persian Lessons
as Elsa
September 5
as Marianne Gebhardt