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Lena Lessing

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The Innocent (1993)
Lena Lessing was born on 5 October 1960 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for The Reader (2008), Hanna (2011) and Nuremberg (2025).
BornOctober 5, 1960
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    • Known for

    Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)
    The Reader
    7.6
    • Co-Defendant
    • 2008
    Saoirse Ronan in Hanna (2011)
    Hanna
    6.7
    • Additional Crew
    • 2011
    Russell Crowe, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, John Slattery, Leo Woodall, Rami Malek, and Mark O'Brien in Nuremberg (2025)
    Nuremberg
    7.3
    • Additional Crew
    • 2025
    Spy Sorge (2003)
    Spy Sorge
    6.1
    • Anna Klausen
    • 2003

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Tilbake Til Tottori
      • Gisela
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Anna Schudt, Lydia Lehmann, and Mariam Hage in Push (2024)
      Push
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Therapeutin
      • 2026
    • The Therapy (2023)
      The Therapy
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Dr. Sophie Mahlke
      • 2023
    • Sarah Spale in Wilder (2017)
      Wilder
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Carla Henze
      • 2021
    • SOKO Wismar (2004)
      SOKO Wismar
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Charlotte Reuter
      • 2019
    • Heil (2015)
      Heil
      5.3
      • Hundebesitzerin
      • 2015
    • Howalds Fall (1990)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Frau Völkers
      • Frau Reuter
      • 2000–2015
    • Die Katze (2015)
      Die Katze
      6.3
      Short
      • Monika
      • 2015
    • Lea van Acken in Stations of the Cross (2014)
      Stations of the Cross
      7.4
      • Krankenschwester
      • 2014
    • Die Frau, die sich traut (2013)
      Die Frau, die sich traut
      7.0
      • Heike
      • 2013
    • Men Do What They Can (2012)
      Men Do What They Can
      5.9
      • Politesse
      • 2012
    • Tutti giù (2012)
      Tutti giù
      5.8
      • Michela
      • 2012
    • Bis ans Ende eurer Tage
      Short
      • Beamtin Fr. Zeitler
      • 2011
    • Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)
      The Reader
      7.6
      • Co-Defendant
      • 2008
    • Die Anstalt - Zurück ins Leben (2001)
      Die Anstalt - Zurück ins Leben
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Jana Peterson
      • 2008
    • Neun Szenen (2006)
      Neun Szenen
      6.6
      • Bride
      • 2006

    Additional Crew

    • Kostja Ullmann, David Kross, and Janina Uhse in My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026)
      My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
      5.4
      • dialect coach
      • 2026
    • Anna Schudt, Lydia Lehmann, and Mariam Hage in Push (2024)
      Push
      8.0
      TV Series
      • consultant
      • 2026
    • Russell Crowe, Richard E. Grant, Michael Shannon, John Slattery, Leo Woodall, Rami Malek, and Mark O'Brien in Nuremberg (2025)
      Nuremberg
      7.3
      • dialect coach for leo woodall
      • 2025
    • Fabian Busch and Ken Duken in Drift - Partners in Crime (2023)
      Drift - Partners in Crime
      5.8
      TV Series
      • dialect coach
      • 2023
    • August Maturo in Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2019)
      Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
      5.6
      • dialect coach
      • 2019
    • Laura Aikman, Matt Kennard, Andrew Knott, Russell Tovey, Angelo Cui, David Hannah, Natalie O'Connor, Thomas Turgoose, Tom Hyatt, Will Cohen, Mike Doxford, April Kelley, Sara Huxley, Alex Jordan, and Joan Gill Amorim in Hymn of Hate (2018)
      Hymn of Hate
      7.4
      Short
      • dialect coach
      • 2018
    • Amateur Teens (2015)
      Amateur Teens
      6.0
      • acting coach
      • 2015
    • Recycling Lily (2013)
      Recycling Lily
      6.3
      • child coach
      • 2013
    • Five Years (2013)
      Five Years
      6.8
      • coach: actors
      • 2013
    • Tutti giù (2012)
      Tutti giù
      5.8
      • acting coach
      • 2012
    • Saoirse Ronan in Hanna (2011)
      Hanna
      6.7
      • dialogue coach: German
      • 2011
    • Frank Giering, Herbert Knaup, Roman Knizka, Heike Makatsch, Barnaby Metschurat, Wotan Wilke Möhring, and Rosie Alvarez in Anatomy 2 (2003)
      Anatomy 2
      5.1
      • dialogue coach
      • 2003

    Director

    • The Man Who Ate the World (2020)
      The Man Who Ate the World
      6.4
      • co-director
      • 2020

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    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
    • Born
      • October 5, 1960
      • Berlin, Germany

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