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Helena Zengel
1.0 Popularity
Biography
Helena Zengel is a German actress. She is best known for her roles in the films System Crasher (2019) and News of the World (2020). After System Crasher won a number of international awards, Zengel was cast by Universal Pictures to play a leading role in the American Western film News of the World directed by the British film director Paul Greengrass, which was her first international film. In this adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Canadian-American writer Paulette Jiles, which starred Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kidd, Zengel stars as a 10-year-old German orphan named Johanna Leonberger who was raised by the Kiowa; most of her performance is in the Kiowa language. For her performance, Zengel received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Zengel also dubbed herself in the Italian, German, French and Spanish versions; the dubbing is limited to the lines she spoke in English.
Known For
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Rebecca Byrne
Transamazonia
2025
6.3
Yuri
The Legend of Ochi
2025
7.1
Josy Larenz
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
2023
8.6
Nyla
Intimate.
2023
5.6
Nina Cutter
A Christmas Number One
2021
7.0
Johanna Leonberger
News of the World
2020
🎬
0.0
spielendes Mädchen
Baby Bitchka
2020
7.7
Benni
System Crasher
2019
7.5
Fabienne
Der gute Bulle
2017
🎬
0.0
Lilly Weyer
Sommermärchen
2017
Credits
Transamazonia
as Rebecca Byrne
2025
4.0
The Legend of Ochi
as Yuri
2025
6.3
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
as Josy Larenz
2023
7.1
Intimate.
as Nyla
2023
8.6
A Christmas Number One
as Nina Cutter
2021
5.6
News of the World
as Johanna Leonberger
2020
7.0
🎬
Baby Bitchka
as spielendes Mädchen
2020
0.0
System Crasher
as Benni
2019
7.7
Der gute Bulle
as Fabienne
2017
7.5
🎬
Sommermärchen
as Lilly Weyer
2017
0.0
Dark Blue Girl
as Luca
2017
7.0
Route B96
as Karlotta
2016
5.0
Looping
as Lilly
2016
6.3
Die Spezialisten – Im Namen der Opfer
as Anja Rothmann (jung)
2016
4.0
Die Spezialisten – Im Namen der Opfer
as Lilly Weyer
2016
4.0
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
2015
7.6
Inga Lindström
as Milla
2004
4.8
Riverboat
as Self
1992
4.0
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
🎬
Bloody Tennis
as Heidi
N/A
0.0