Hannah-Rebecca Herzsprung, born 1981, is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung. She started her acting career in 1997 and for two years played the character Mimi in the TV series "Aus heiterem Himmel". In the following years, Herzsprung appeared in several minor parts in TV movies such as Dennis Satin"s "Mädchen, böses Mädchen" or Tim Trageser"s "Emilia – Die zweite Chance" as well as in TV series like "Soko 5113". In 2005, Herzsprung made her movie debut in "Vier Minuten" ("Four Minutes"). Her portrayal of a talented piano player and prison inmate in Chris Kraus"s award-winning drama won Herzsprung a Bavarian film prize in 2007.

In the same year, Herzsprung was awarded the German Film Prize for Best Supproting actress for her portrayal of a rebellious daughter in Alain Gsponer"s "Das wahre Leben". Furthermore, she is proclaimed "Shooting Star 2008" by the jury of the European Film Promotion (EFP) – an honour, which effectively made her an emissary of European Cinema in the world for one year.

Following that, she performed in Rudolf Thome"s "Pink", played the young Bavarian comedian Liesl Karlstadt in "Liesl Karslstadt und Karl Valentin" and joined the all-star-ensemble of Uli Edel"s highly anticipated take on German terrorism "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex". In the autumn of 2008, she was also cast member of Nicolai Rohde"s drama"10 Sekunden", which depicts the harrowing consequences of a plane crash.

After playing supporting roles in the drama "Der Vorleser" ("The Reader", 2008) that featured an international cast of actors and in Margarethe von Trotta’s film "Vision – Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen" ("Vision", 2009), Herzsprung starred in two fairly different films on the movie screen in late 2009: In the documentary film "Andula – Besuch in einem anderen Leben", she was seen in re-enacted scenes and portrayed the Czech folk actress Anna Letenska who was murdered during the Nazi regime, while she played the heartthrob of an imposturous novelist in Alain Gsponer’s society comedy "Lila, Lila".

In 2010 she plays the female leading role in Juraj Herz" historical drama "Habermann" alongside Mark Waschke.