Hannah Herzsprung (; born 7 September 1981) is a German actress.

Biography

Hannah Herzsprung is the daughter of actor

Bernd Herzsprung Bernd Herzsprung (born March 22, 1942 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German television actor. Herzsprung completed his acting training with Joseph Offenbach and then played in theaters in Hamburg (including the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in '' The Cap ...

and fashion designer Barbara Engel. She debuted as an actress in 1997 in the BR series ''

Aus heiterem Himmel ''Aus heiterem Himmel (Out of the Blue)'' is a German comedy television series, broadcast between 1995 and 1999. The series was created by Hannah Hollinger and is about a comic author Tobias and his boat-building friend Christopher who inhabit ...

'', where she played the role of Miriam "Mimi" Pauly at the beginning of the fourth and last season. She has been taking private acting lessons since 1999. She took over the Tele 5-Clip-Show ''musicbox'' with her sister Sara at the end of 2002. She also started studying Communication Sciences in Vienna. She has had many television roles, including Jule in ''Das böse Mädchen'' and since 2003 Vera in the series '' 18 – Allein unter Mädchen''. In 2003 she also had a part in '' Unter Verdacht: Beste Freunde'' and a smaller role in the comedy ''Tramitz & Friends''. Her roles became more ambitious with the television film ''Emilia – Die zweite Chance'', where she played a patient with borderline personality disorder. In 2005, she received her first leading role as the murderer Jenny in '' Four Minutes'' by Chris Kraus. On 19 January 2007, she received the Bayerischen Filmpreis for best new female talent. In 2005, she played a suicidal youth in ' by Alain Gsponer. She ended her studies in Vienna and moved to Berlin in order to act in these two films. For ''Life Actually'' she was awarded the 2007 Deutschen Filmpreis for best supporting role and the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2009. In 2007, Herzsprung played terrorist Susanne Albrecht in ''

The Baader Meinhof Complex ''The Baader Meinhof Complex'' (german: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, ) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based ...

'' as well as the leading role of Daniela in the film '' 10 Seconds''. In 2008 she played the role of Julia in

Stephen Daldry Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received three ...

's film ''

The Reader ''The Reader'' (german: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations ...

''. She also played the role of Charlotte in Uwe Janson's adaptation of Goethe's novel ''

The Sorrows of Young Werther ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' (; german: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787. It was one of the main novels in the ''Sturm ...

'', as well as in Jo Baier's television movie ' as young

Liesl Karlstadt Liesl Karlstadt (; born Elisabeth Wellano, 12 December 1892 – 27 June 1960) was a German actress and cabaret performer. Alongside Karl Valentin, she set the tone for a generation of popular culture in Munich. She appeared in more than 70 f ...

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