Helena Zengel

Helena Zengel

2008-06-10

Biography

Helena Zengel (born June 10, 2008 in Berlin) 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.

Also appears in

News of the World

News of the World

7.0

System Crasher

System Crasher

7.6

The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi

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A Christmas Number One

A Christmas Number One

5.6

Looping

Looping

6.4

Transamazonia

Transamazonia

8.0

Dark Blue Girl

Dark Blue Girl

7.0

Der gute Bulle

Der gute Bulle

7.5

Flowerpower

Flowerpower

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Route B96

Route B96

5.0

Sommermärchen

Sommermärchen

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Baby Bitchka

Baby Bitchka

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