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Helena Zengel, born in 2008, appeared in front of the camera for the first time at the age of five in a music video of the Berlin-based alternative band Abby. Following this, she played smaller roles in several TV productions, such as in Kai Wessel's "Spreewaldkrimi - Mörderische Hitze" (2013) and in Lars Becker's "Der gute Bulle" (2016) as well as in a number of student films. She made an appearance in the feature film "Looping" as the daughter of one of the main characters and played her first lead role in "Die Tochter" ("Dark Blue Girl", 2017) as a girl who out of jealousy tries to get in the way of her separated parents' reconciliation.
As a nine-year-old displaying behavioural problems in Nora Fingscheidt's "Systemsprenger" ("System Crasher"), Helena Zengel caused a sensation at the Berlinale 2019 and numerous other festivals. The film won several awards, Zengel was awarded the Creative Energy Award in Emden-Norderney and Best Actress in Santiago.
After this success, she was cast by Paul Greengrass for the western "News of the World" in which she plays alongside Tom Hanks.