German actress Leonie Benesch saw a stand-out year in 2021 leading BBC/PBS’s Around the World in 80 Days in the role of Abigail Fix alongside David Tennant. She will next be seen starring in several highly anticipated projects: the film The Teachers' Lounge [+leggi anche:
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scheda series], a TV adaptation of the bestselling novel. Benesch formally trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She received widespread critical acclaim for her portrayal of Greta in the hit German show Babylon Berlin by Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloegten and Achim von Borries, for which she won the German Acting Award.

Her breakout role in Michael Haneke's Golden Globe and Palme d'Or winner The White Ribbon [+leggi anche:
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Now selected for EFP's 2023 Shooting Stars, she talks to us.