Lena Friederike Urzendowsky (born 16 February 2000) is a German actress.
Biography Urzendowsky was born in Friedrichshain, Berlin, and spent most of her childhood in Steglitz and Schöneberg. Her mother, Jeanette, and older brother, Sebastian, are also actors. Urzendowsky herself became interested in acting at the age of five after watching a children's musical at the Friedrichstadt-Palast. She took acting, singing, and dance lessons at Stagefactory until the age of 12, when she began applying to talent agencies. She was initially rejected due to her lack of experience, but later signed to an agency at the age of 14. She made her screen debut in the ZDF television film in 2014.
She briefly attended high school in France through a student exchange program, and later completed her Abitur in 2018. During the summer of 2022, she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City. She currently studies philosophy and social sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin. She lives in Wedding.
Filmography Film Year Title Role 2016 Mia 2020 Nora 2021 Evi Elena Winkler Sweet Disaster Yolanda 2023 Franky Susi 2024 Hanna Klein From Hilde, with Love Liane Berkowitz Rabia Oum Zayd 2025 Sound of Falling Angelika
Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 Robber's daughter Television film 2016 Sara Rost Television film 2017 Fiona Neufund Television film Simone Simmank Television film Simone Simmank Television film 2017–2020 Dark Young Ines Kahnwald 3 episodes 2018 Eva-Maria "Evi" Television film Der Kriminalist Danny Torenz Episode: "Fenster zum Hof" 2019 Kati Glaser Television film 2019–2025 How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Milena "Kira" Bechtholz 19 episodes 2020 Vanessa Michel Television film 2020 The Defeated Green Eyes 2 episodes 2021 Stella 8 episodes Josephine "Joe" Michelsen Television film Nellie "Luna" Kunze Television film 2023 Manu Melzer 6 episodes 2025 Carla Radek Television film Luisa Pape
Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Nominated work Result Bavarian Film Awards 2021 Best Young Actress German Film Critics Association Awards 2021 Best Actress 2019 Best Young Actor German Television Academy Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actress German Television Awards 2019 Young Talent Award Grimme-Preis 2017 Grimme Award for Fiction 2017 Best Young Actress 2018 Best Actress 2017 New Faces Award for Acting
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