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.
2025
as Floria Lind
2024
as Marianne
2024
2023
as Carla Nowak
2023
as Charlie Wagner
2021
as Abigail 'Fix' Fortescue
2020
as Eliza Hahn
2020
as Elsa
2020
as Hildegard Roth
2020
as Hildegard Roth
2020
2019
as Eva
2019
2019
as Helena Rieger
2019
2019
as Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
2018
2017
as Frieda Mosenbach
2017
as Greta Overbeck
2016
as Princess Cecilie
2015
as Helen
2014
as Jova
2013
as Maria
2013
as Mia Halbach
2013
as Margot Hanke
2012
as Gaby Zinke
2011
as Kevins Girlfriend
2011
as Yvonne
2010
as Katja Klein
2009
as Eva
2007
as Gitti
2006
as Clarissa von Tannenhof
2003
as Nadia Winkowski
1970
as Julia