Hannah Herzsprung

Hannah Herzsprung is a German actress.

Biography Hannah Herzsprung is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and fashion designer Barbara Engel. She attended Hurtwood House boarding school in England until 1998.

She debuted as an actress in 1997 in the BR series Aus heiterem Himmel, where she played the role of Miriam "Mimi" Pauly at the beginning of the fourth and last season. She was taking private acting lessons since 1999. She took over the clip show on musicbox channel (now known as Tele 5) with her sister Sara at the end of 2002; at that time she also started studying Communication Sciences in Vienna. She had many television roles, including Jule in Das böse Mädchen, and since 2003 as 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 as well as the leading role of Daniela in the film 10 Seconds. In 2008 she played the role of Julia in Stephen Daldry's film The Reader. She also played the role of Charlotte in Uwe Janson's adaptation of Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, as well as in Jo Baier's television movie as young Liesl Karlstadt.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Four Minutes Jenny Von Loeben Florina Krüger 2008 1st of May: All Belongs to You Ratte Liesl Karlstadt The Baader Meinhof Complex Susanne Albrecht 10 Seconds Daniela The Reader Julia Berg 2009 Pink Vicky the Viking Waschweib 1 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen Richardis von Stade Lila, Lila Marie 2010 Habermann Jana Habermann 2010-2013 Weissensee Julia Hausmann 12 episodes 2011 Hell Marie 2011-2013 H+: The Digital Series Manta 13 episodes 2012 Wie zwischen Himmel und Erde Johanna Guardians Helena Ludwig II Empress Elisabeth of Austria 2013 Iris 2014 Die geliebten Schwestern Caroline von Beulwitz Who Am I Marie 2015 Traumfrauen Leni Reimann 2016 Friedl Dassler TV film The Bloom of Yesterday Hannah Blumen 2017 Everything Is Wonderful Lena's Sister 2017-2020 Babylon Berlin Helga Rath 21 episodes 2018 Don't. Get. Out! Pia Zach Carola Neher / Polly Dogs of Berlin Trinity Sommer 7 episodes2019 Sweethearts Melanie Rossbach Juntas no crime Mel2021 My Son