
Hannah Herzsprung
Biography
Hannah-Rebecca Herzsprung (born September 7, 1981, in Hamburg) is a German actress. She is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and designer Barbara Engel, began her acting career in 1997 with the TV series Aus heiterem Himmel. Her breakthrough came in Four Minutes (2005), earning her the Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. She went on to win a German Film Award and a Grimme Award for Das wahre Leben. Herzsprung gained wider recognition through films like The Baader Meinhof Complex, The Reader, and the series Weissensee, which earned her a Bambi Award. She lives in Berlin and was named Chanel’s first German ambassador in 2025.
Movie Appearances

Four Minutes
as Jenny von Loeben
2006

My Words, My Lies - My Love
as Marie
2009

The Baader Meinhof Complex
as Susanne Albrecht
2008

The Reader
as Julia
2008

1st of May: All Belongs to You
as Ratte
2008

10 Sekunden
as Daniela
2008

Dürer
as Agnes Dürer
2021

Wolke unterm Dach
as Julia
2022

Life Actually
as Florina Krüger
2007

Habermann
as Jana Habermannová
2010

Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
as Richardis von Stade
2009

The Flying Classroom
as Principal Kreuzkamm
2023

Hell
as Marie
2011

Ludwig II
as Kaiserin Elisabeth
2012

The Guardians
as Helena
2012

Pink
as Pink
2009

Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
as Liesl Karlstadt
2008

Wickie the Mighty Viking
as Waschweib Nr. 1
2009

The Taste of Apple Seeds
as Iris
2013

15 Years
as Jenny von Loeben
2024
TV Appearances

Dogs of Berlin
as Trinity Sommer
2018

Donna Leon
as Antonia
2000
Das Duo
as Christy Altenberg
2002
Im Namen des Gesetzes
as Yvonne Blanbach
1994

Kommissar Stolberg
as Martina Diehl
2006
Zwei Profis
as Sabine Schenk
2003

Aus heiterem Himmel
as Miriam Pauly
1995

SOKO Köln
as Tara Kampe
2003

Weissensee
as Julia Hausmann
2010

18 - Allein unter Mädchen
as Vera
2004

SOKO München
as Marie Steiger
1978

SOKO Leipzig
as Jessica Gerold
2001