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Hannah Herzsprung

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Hannah Herzsprung

Born September 7, 1981 in Hamburg, Germany47 films

Hannah-Rebecca Herzsprung (born September 7, 1981, in Hamburg) is a German actress.

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She is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and designer Barbara Engel, began her acting career in 1997 with the TV series Aus heiterem Himmel. Her breakthrough came in Four Minutes (2005), earning her the Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. She went on to win a German Film Award and a Grimme Award for Das wahre Leben. Herzsprung gained wider recognition through films like The Baader Meinhof Complex, The Reader, and the series Weissensee, which earned her a Bambi Award. She lives in Berlin and was named Chanel’s first German ambassador in 2025.

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Who Am I posterFirst watchWho Am I20147.6as MarieBenjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Reader poster7.5The Reader2008The Baader Meinhof Complex poster7.0The Baader Meinhof Complex2008Four Minutes poster6.8Four Minutes2006Hell poster5.8Hell2011Don't. Get. Out! poster6.4Don't. Get. Out!2018The Guardians poster6.1The Guardians2012Dreamgirls poster5.8Dreamgirls2015Wickie the Mighty Viking poster5.7Wickie the Mighty Viking2009

Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. TBAGolem
  2. TBATamas TraumMelanie
  3. TBADas Kind in dir muss Heimat finden
  4. 2028Woodwalkers 3Anna Ralston
  5. 2026Kochschule SchwarzAntonia Goldberg
  6. 2026Corpus DelictiMia Holl
  7. 2026Ein Münchner im Himmel - Der Tod ist erst der AnfangKathi Brunner
  8. 2026Woodwalkers 2Anna Ralston
  9. 2024WoodwalkersAnna Ralston
  10. 202415 YearsJenny von Loeben
  11. 2023The Flying ClassroomPrincipal Kreuzkamm
  12. 2022Cloud Under the RoofJulia
  13. 2021My SonSarah
  14. 2021Monte VeritàLotte Hattemer
  15. 2021Der Boandlkramer und die ewige LiebeMaxl's Mother Gefi
  16. 2019Everything is WonderfulLenas Schwester
  17. 2019SweetheartsMel Rossbach
  18. 2018Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny FilmPolly / Carola Neher
  19. 2018Don't. Get. Out!Pia Zach
  20. 2017Verräter - Tod am MeerNina
  21. 2017The Bloom of YesterdayHannah Blumen
  22. 2015DreamgirlsLeni Reimann
  23. 2014Who Am IMarie
  24. 2014Beloved SistersCaroline von Lengefeld
  25. 2013The Taste of Apple SeedsIris
  26. 2012Ludwig IIKaiserin Elisabeth
  27. 2012The GuardiansHelena
  28. 2012Escape from TibetJohanna
  29. 2011HellMarie
  30. 2011CouplingAdele
  31. 2010HabermannJana Habermannová
  32. 2009My Words, My Lies - My LoveMarie
  33. 2009Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von BingenRichardis von Stade
  34. 2009Wickie the Mighty VikingWaschweib Nr. 1
  35. 2009PinkPink
  36. 2008The ReaderJulia
  37. 2008Liesl Karlstadt und Karl ValentinLiesl Karlstadt
  38. 200810 SekundenDaniela
  39. 2008The Baader Meinhof ComplexSusanne Albrecht
  40. 2008WertherLotte
  41. 20081st of May: All Belongs to YouRatte
  42. 2007Life ActuallyFlorina Krüger
  43. 2006Four MinutesJenny von Loeben
  44. 2005Emilia – Die zweite ChanceMartina
  45. 2005In einem anderen LebenLore
  46. 2003Mädchen, böses MädchenJule
  47. 1998Ein Fleisch und BlutBritta (jung)