Lena Urzendowsky
Lena Friederike Urzendowsky 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
Television
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
| Bavarian Film Awards | 2021 | Best Young Actress | ' | Won | |
| German Film Critics Association Awards | 2021 | Best Actress | ' | Nomitated | |
| 2019 | Best Young Actor | ' | Won | ||
| German Television Academy Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress | ' | Won | |
| German Television Awards | 2019 | Young Talent Award | ' | Won | |
| Grimme-Preis | 2017 | Grimme Award for Fiction | ' | Won | |
| 2017 | Best Young Actress | ' | Won | ||
| 2018 | Best Actress | ' | Won | ||
| 2017 | New Faces Award for Acting | Nomitated |