Leonie Benesch

Leonie Benesch

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.

  • Title: Leonie Benesch
  • Popularity: 5.925
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1991-04-22
  • Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Леони Бенеш, Леоні Бенеш
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Leonie Benesch Movies

  • 2009
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    The White Ribbon

    The White Ribbon

    7.487 2009 HD

    An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year...

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  • 2011
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    Picco

    Picco

    6 2011 HD

    Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where...

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  • 2013
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    George

    George

    6.7 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Das Jerusalem-Syndrom

    Das Jerusalem-Syndrom

    1 2013 HD

    A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to...

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  • 2013
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    Die Flut ist pünktlich

    Die Flut ist pünktlich

    1 2013 HD

    A corpse is washed up on the beach of the North Sea. The deceased is Alexander, husband of the beautiful Bettina. They have been coming to the island...

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  • 2023
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    The Teachers' Lounge

    The Teachers' Lounge

    7.258 2023 HD

    When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the...

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  • 2007
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    Beautiful Bitch

    Beautiful Bitch

    5.3 2007 HD

    The story opens with Bica, a solvent abusing waif, trying in vain to evade the Romanian police with her infant brother in tow. Separated from her...

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  • 2024
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    September 5

    September 5

    6.5 2024 HD

    During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American broadcasting team is thrust from covering sports to reporting a dramatic hostage situation involving...

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  • 2014
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    Viking Women

    Viking Women

    1 2014 HD

    "VIKING WOMEN" gives completely new insights into a fascinating culture, about which it seemed everything was already known. Exclusive interviews...

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  • 1970
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    Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

    Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

    1 1970 HD

    All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him...

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  • 2015
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    8 Saniye

    8 Saniye

    6.9 2015 HD

    Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream...

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  • 2011
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    Colors in the Dark

    Colors in the Dark

    5.8 2011 HD

    Anita and Fred have been a couple for 50 years, and happily married for nearly as long. They have two grown children, and their grandchildren are...

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  • 2010
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    Eine feste Burg

    Eine feste Burg

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2018
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    1929 – Das Jahr Babylon

    1929 – Das Jahr Babylon

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2020
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    Persian Lessons

    Persian Lessons

    7.621 2020 HD

    Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by...

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  • 2019
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    The Master Butcher

    The Master Butcher

    8 2019 HD

    After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for...

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  • 2020
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    Phoenix

    Phoenix

    1 2020 HD

    Anton is about to lose the two most important women in his life but it takes the story of the king's son to make him face his fate.

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  • 2025
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    Late Shift

    Late Shift

    1 2025 HD

    An entirely ordinary day on the beds ward of a surgical department. The nursing team is understaffed due to a shortage of personnel. Despite the...

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  • 2017
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    Howards End

    Howards End

    7.1 2017 HD

    The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and...

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  • 2006
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    Der Kriminalist

    Der Kriminalist

    5.2 2006 HD

    Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were...

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  • 2012
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    Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden

    Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden

    5.3 2012 HD

    Morden im Norden is a German Police that has been broadcast by Das Erste. The show is set in Lübeck, Germany Morden im Norden is part of a...

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  • 1970
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.1 1970 HD

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...

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  • 2017
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    Babylon Berlin

    Babylon Berlin

    7.8 2017 HD

    Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the...

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  • 2003
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    SOKO Köln

    SOKO Köln

    6 2003 HD

    The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from...

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  • 2016
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    The Crown

    The Crown

    8.2 2016 HD

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The...

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  • 1997
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    Leute heute

    Leute heute

    3 1997 HD

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  • 2024
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    Moresnet

    Moresnet

    10 2024 HD

    Ben returns to his mysterious hometown of Moresnet after the death of his father. Together with his childhood friends, he digs up an old time capsule...

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  • 2023
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    The Swarm

    The Swarm

    6.523 2023 HD

    Across the globe, strange happenings, borne out of the oceans, are mystifying and imperiling the world’s population. A group of scientists...

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  • 2019
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    Brecht

    Brecht

    6 2019 HD

    East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I;...

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  • 2019
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    Holiday Secrets

    Holiday Secrets

    6.2 2019 HD

    A Christmas reunion becomes a gateway to the past in this three-part series that explores the intimate complexities of one family's history.

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  • 2020
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    The Turncoat

    The Turncoat

    6.1 2020 HD

    Summer 1944. Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by partisans. Together with a scattered bunch of German...

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  • 2021
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    Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

    7.291 2021 HD

    Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly...

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  • 2019
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    Der Club der singenden Metzger

    Der Club der singenden Metzger

    6.2 2019 HD

    A young man and his wife struggling to create a good life for themselves in a new country. Based on Louise Erdrich's novel 'The Master Butchers...

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  • 2019
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    Vienna Blood

    Vienna Blood

    7.3 2019 HD

    Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes...

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  • 2020
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    Spy City

    Spy City

    7.1 2020 HD

    After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads...

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