Helena Zengel is not any ordinary 12 years old girl. Many people dedicated their whole life to become a famous star but this 12-year-old girl is a great and pretty German actress who started her career in acting from a very young age when she was only 5. She got famous and earned a lot of fame at a very young age by her gorgeous acting. It seems like she was born to be an actress and she is good at it from a very young age.
Early Life
Zengel was born on 10th June 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and was raised there with her mother Anne Zengel who was a professional singer and works in a German radio network as a radio jockey at B2. She started working as an actress from a very young age from a music video which was for the Berlin Alternative rock band, Abby.
Career
Zengel has been acting since he was five years old. Her first appearance was in a music video for Abby, a Berlin Alternative musical group. At the age of eight, she had her first leading role in a film, Die Tochter (The Daughter), which premiered at the Berlinale in 2017. She also appeared in two episodes of the German television series Die Spezialisten – Im Namen der Opfer.
Zengel plays “Benni,” an aggressive and traumatized nine-year-old, in the drama film System Crasher, written and directed by Nora Fingscheidt, which premiered at the Berlinale in February 2019. She won the German Film Prize for Best Actress in April 2020.
Zengel was cast by Universal Pictures to play a leading role in the American Western film News of the World, directed by British film director Paul Greengrass after System Crasher won several international awards.
She is only 12 years old and has only appeared in a few films and TV shows. Her film and television credits include Looping, Die Tochter, and Systemsprenger.
Languages She Speaks
Zengel cannot only speak German and English but also Zengel can communicate in Spanish, Swedish, and Kiowa but she isn’t completely fluent.
Helena Zengel didn’t have the best command of the English language when she auditioned for her role in “News of the World”. She didn’t realize she had won the role because “I didn’t understand what he was saying because my English wasn’t that good back then,” she told World Today News. But fortunately, she was capable of speaking it fairly quickly.
Zengel’s English is nearly flawless these days. She says that it is because of spending time with friends who also speak the language, which forced her to improve quickly. “From the third grade onwards, I had English in school. Then we went on a cruise with some Romanian friends. They didn’t speak German, so we had to communicate in English. That’s how I got so good “.
Awards
She has won the “Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney” award in the category of “Creative Energy Award (for Acting)” in the year 2019.
She has won the “Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine“ award in the category of “Best Actress“ in 2019.
She has won the “European Film Award” in the category of “Best Actress” in 2019.
She has won the “Palm Springs International Film Festival” award in the category of “Best Actress” in 2020.
She has won the “Deutscher Filmpreis” award in the category of “Best Actress” in 2020.
She has won “Satellite Awards” in the category of “Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture” in 2021.
She has won the “Golden Globe Awards” award in the category of “Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture” in 2021.
She has won the “Screen Actors Guild Awards” award in the category of “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role” in 2021.
She has won the “Critics’ Choice Movie Awards” award in the category of “Best Young Performer” in 2021.
She has won the “Austin Film Critics Association” award in the category of “Best Supporting Actress” in 2021.
She has won the “Seattle Film Critics Society” award in the category of “Best Youth Performance” in 2021.
She has won the “Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association” award in the category of “Best Breakthrough Performance” in 2021.
She has won the “Chicago Film Critics Association Awards” award in the category of “Most Promising Performer” in 2020.
She has won “The Georgia Film Critics Association” award in the category of “Breakthrough Artist” in 2021.
She has won the “Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ ‘ award in the category of “Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance” in the year 2021.
She has won the “Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association” award in the category of “Best Supporting Actress” in 2021.
She has won the “Hawaii Film Critics Society” award in the category of “Best Supporting Actress” in 2020.
She has won the “Phoenix Film Critics Society” award in the category of “Best Performance by a Youth” in 2021.
She has won the “Phoenix Critics Circle Awards” award in the category of “Best Supporting Actress” in 2021.
Personal Information
Name: Helena Zengel
Nickname: Helena
Occupation/Profession: Actress
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 10 June 2008
Age: 13 years old (In 2022)
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Currently lives in: Berlin, Germany
Qualification: Schooling
Net worth: USD 1 Million approx
Nationality: German
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Body:
Height in feet: 5 feet 0 inches
Height in meter: 1.52 meter
Height in centimeter: 152 centimeter
Shoe size: 4 (UK)
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Tattoos: No
Family:
Mother: Anne Zengel
Father: Not known
Siblings: Not Known
Marital Status: Single
Favorites
Hobbies: Watching Videos
Favorite Place: Berlin
Favorite Color: White, Black
Movies
News of the World [2020, as Johanna Leonberger]
System Crasher [2019, as Bernadette ‘Benni’ Klaaß]
Der gute Bulle [2017 TV Film, as Fabienne]
Die Tochter [2017, as Luca]
Looping [2016, as Lilly]
TVs Appearance
Inga Lindström [2019, as Milla]
Never Too Late for Justice [2016, Lilly Weyer/Anja Rothmann]
Helena is one of the world’s richest kids and has achieved great fame at a very young age. Her fans will wait for her upcoming movies to see her gorgeous look and her outstanding acting. She has a God gifted talent and is born to perform in the movies.
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