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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 22, 1991
Place of Birth
Hamburg, Germany
Also Known As
- Леони Бенеш
- Леоні Бенеш
- لیونی بنش
Leonie Benesch
1.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
2025
7.9
Floria Lind
Late Shift
2025
7.0
Marianne Gebhardt
September 5
2024
9.0
Eva Rolin
Moresnet
2024
7.2
Carla Nowak
The Teachers' Lounge
2023
6.4
Charlie Wagner
The Swarm
2023
7.3
Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
Around the World in 80 Days
2021
7.1
Eliza Hahn
Spy City
2020
7.5
Elsa
Persian Lessons
2020
6.0
Hildegard Roth
The Turncoat
2020
Credits
Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
2025
6.4
Late Shift
as Floria Lind
2025
7.9
September 5
as Marianne Gebhardt
2024
7.0
Moresnet
as Eva Rolin
2024
9.0
The Teachers' Lounge
as Carla Nowak
2023
7.2
The Swarm
as Charlie Wagner
2023
6.4
Around the World in 80 Days
as Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
2021
7.3
Spy City
as Eliza Hahn
2020
7.1
Persian Lessons
as Elsa
2020
7.5
The Turncoat
as Hildegard Roth
2020
6.0
Phoenix
2020
0.0
The Master Butcher
as Eva
2019
7.9
Holiday Secrets
2019
6.3
Vienna Blood
as Helena Rieger
2019
7.3
Der Club der singenden Metzger
2019
6.4
Brecht
as Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
2019
5.3
🎬
1929 - Das Jahr Babylon
2018
0.0
Counterpart
as Sofia
2017
7.4
Howards End
as Frieda Mosenbach
2017
7.0
Babylon Berlin
as Greta Overbeck
2017
7.8
The Crown
as Princess Cecilie
2016
8.2
8 Seconds
as Helen
2015
6.0
🎬
Viking Women
as Jova
2014
0.0
Das Jerusalem-Syndrom
as Maria
2013
0.0
Die Flut ist pünktlich
as Mia Halbach
2013
1.0
George
as Margot Hanke
2013
6.7
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
as Gaby Zinke
2012
5.4
Picco
as Kevins Girlfriend
2011
6.0
Colors in the Dark
as Yvonne
2011
5.4
🎬
Eine feste Burg
as Katja Klein
2010
0.0
The White Ribbon
as Eva
2009
7.5
Beautiful Bitch
as Gitti
2007
5.3
Der Kriminalist
as Clarissa von Tannenhof
2006
4.5
Cologne P.D.
as Nadia Winkowski
2003
6.7
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
Scene of the Crime
as Julia
1970
6.1