Helena Zengel

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Helena Zengel at the Berlinale 2019
Zengel with the won Silver Bear (Alfred Bauer Prize) for system sprinkler on the red carpet of the Berlinale 2019

Helena Zengel (born June 10, 2008 in Berlin ) is a German actress .

Life

Helena Zengel lives in Berlin and began acting at the age of five in a music video for the Berlin alternative band Abby . She got her first leading role in a feature film at the age of eight in the film drama The Daughter of Mascha Schilinski from 2017. Zengel can also be seen in two episodes of the television series The Specialists - In the Name of the Victims . In the feature film Systemsprenger by Nora Fingscheidt , which premiered at the Berlinale in February 2019 , Zengel plays the behavioral nine-year-old Benni . For her portrayal, Zengel was awarded the German Film Prize for Best Actress in 2020 .

After the success of Systemsprenger , which also won a number of international awards, Zengel was hired by director Paul Greengrass for the English-language Universal Pictures - Western News of the World . In the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the American writer Paulette Jiles , she embodies the ten-year-old Johanna Leonberger at the side of Tom Hanks .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Helena Zengel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Helena Zengel. In: bahl-for-actors.com. January 2, 2015, accessed February 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ CAST - The daughter. In: dietocher-film.de. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ Berlin film festivals: "The Daughter" by Mascha Schilinski. In: berliner-filmfestivals.de. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Karim Mahmoud: 10-year-old Helena Zengel: This is the sparrow from the festival square. In: berliner-kurier.de. February 9, 2019, accessed February 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel : “Systemsprenger” at the Berlinale: A child behind safety glass. In: tagesspiegel.de. February 8, 2019, accessed February 9, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Prize winners 2020 . In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (accessed April 25, 2020).
  7. ↑ Justin Kroll: Helena Zengel to Star Opposite Tom Hanks in 'News of the World'. In: variety.com. August 26, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro: Helena Zengel To Star Opposite Tom Hanks In Universal's 'News Of The World'. In: deadline.com. August 26, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Anna Marie de la Fuente: 'Amanda' Wins Best International Film at 15th Sanfic. In: Variety. August 25, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 .
  10. ↑ "System Sprenger" and Helena Zengel for European Film Award nominations. In: dw.com. November 9, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Prize winners 2020 . In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (accessed April 24, 2020).
personal data
SURNAME Zengel, Helena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 2008
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin