Helena Zengel
Acting Born Jun 10, 2008 Berlin, Germany 21 credits
Biography
Helena Zengel is a German actress known for her roles in the films System Crasher and News of the World. She played a leading role in the American Western film News of the World, directed by Paul Greengrass, which was her first international film. In News of the World, Zengel stars as a 10-year-old German orphan named Johanna Leonberger, who was raised by the Kiowa, and most of her performance is in the Kiowa language. She was cast by Universal Pictures for this role after System Crasher won several international awards.
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Full filmography
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Riverboat (1992) as Self
- Wer weiß denn sowas? (2015) as Self
- Inga Lindström (2004) as Milla
- Never Too Late for Justice (2016) as Anja Rothmann (jung)
- Never Too Late for Justice (2016) as Lilly Weyer
- INTIMATE. (2023) as Nyla
- The Legend of Ochi (2025) as Yuri
- Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy (2023) as Josy Larenz
- News of the World (2020) as Johanna Leonberger
- System Crasher (2019) as Benni
- Transamazonia (2025) as Rebecca Byrne
- A Christmas Number One (2021) as Nina Cutter
- Looping (2016) as Lilly
- Dark Blue Girl (2017) as Luca
- Der gute Bulle (2017) as Fabienne
- Sommermärchen (2017) as Lilly Weyer
- Route B96 (2016) as Karlotta
- Exploding Ducks
- Bloody Tennis (2026) as Heidi
- Baby Bitchka (2020) as spielendes Mädchen