
Leonie Benesch
Acting
🎂 1991-04-22
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.
Cast credits(35)

Julia
1970

Princess Cecilie
2016

Clarissa von Tannenhof
2006

Charlie Wagner
2023

Gaby Zinke
2012

Greta Overbeck
2017

Nadia Winkowski
2003

Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
2021

Hildegard Roth
2020

Frieda Mosenbach
2017
Self
1997

Eva Rolin
2024

Helena Rieger
2019

Eliza Hahn
2020

2019

2019

Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
2019

Marianne Gebhardt
2024

Eva
2009

Elsa
2020

Carla Nowak
2023

Floria Lind
2025

Margot Hanke
2013

Yvonne
2011

Helen
2015

Mia Halbach
2013

Gitti
2007

Eva
2019
Katja Klein
2010

Kevins Girlfriend
2011
Jova
2014

2020
2018

Maria
2013