The Biography

Hannah-Rebecca Herzsprung (born September 7, 1981, in Hamburg) is a German actress. She is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and designer Barbara Engel, began her acting career in 1997 with the TV series Aus heiterem Himmel. Her breakthrough came in Four Minutes (2005), earning her the Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress. She went on to win a German Film Award and a Grimme Award for Das wahre Leben. Herzsprung gained wider recognition through films like The Baader Meinhof Complex, The Reader, and the series Weissensee, which earned her a Bambi Award. She lives in Berlin and was named Chanel’s first German ambassador in 2025.