Lea van Acken

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| name = Lea van Acken

| image = Lea van Acken in 2014.JPG

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| caption = Lea van Acken at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2014

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|02|20}}

| birth_place = Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/lea-van-acken_|title=Lea van Acken|date=2018|website=filmportal.de|access-date=30 May 2020}}

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| nationality = German

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active= 2011–present

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Lea van Acken (born 20 February 1999){{cite web|url=http://www.next-generation-schauspiel.de/Jugendliche_Maedchen/Lea_van_Acken/Madame_2016.pdf|title=Mehr Spielraum|last=Albat|first=Friederike|date=February 2016|website=Next Generation|access-date=3 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223215051/http://www.next-generation-schauspiel.de/Jugendliche_Maedchen/Lea_van_Acken/Madame_2016.pdf|archive-date=23 February 2016}} is a German actress.

Career

Lea van Acken had her first appearance on stage at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg in 2011. She was the leading actress in the 2014 drama film Stations of the Cross directed by Dietrich Brüggemann. In this film, which was awarded with a Silver Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, she played a Catholic girl in a religiously fanatic family. One year later, she played a minor role in the fifth season of the series Homeland, which was set in Germany. She played Holocaust victim Anne Frank in the 2016 German production Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank. Van Acken also appears in the German Netflix series Dark as Silja Tiedemann.

Filmography

class="wikitable" \|+ Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref.
2014 \| Stations of the Cross \| Maria \| \|
2015 \|{{ill\|Heil (film)\|de\|Heil (Film)\|lt=Heil}} \|Teenager \| \|
2016 \| Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank \| Anne Frank \| \|
2016 \|{{ill\|Sag mir nichts\|de}} \|Susanna \|TV movie \|
2016 \|Spreewaldkrimi - Spiel mit dem Tod \|Svenja Heinze \|TV movie \|
2017 \|{{ill\|Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium\|de\|Bibi & Tina: Tohuwabohu Total}} \|Adea/Alladin \| \|
2017 \|Stormwind 3 \|Sam \| \|
2017 \| Fack ju Göhte 3 \| Amrei \| \|
2018 \|Slender Man \| Michelle \| \|
2019 \|Abikalypse \|Hannah \| \|
2022 \|Das Privileg \|Lena \| \|

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|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

! Ref.

2014

| Stations of the Cross

| Maria

2015

|{{ill|Heil (film)|de|Heil (Film)|lt=Heil}}

|Teenager

2016

| Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank

| Anne Frank

2016

|{{ill|Sag mir nichts|de}}

|Susanna

|TV movie

2016

|Spreewaldkrimi - Spiel mit dem Tod

|Svenja Heinze

|TV movie

2017

|{{ill|Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium|de|Bibi & Tina: Tohuwabohu Total}}

|Adea/Alladin

2017

|Stormwind 3

|Sam

2017

| Fack ju Göhte 3

| Amrei

2018

|Slender Man

| Michelle

2019

|Abikalypse

|Hannah

2022

|Das Privileg

|Lena

class="wikitable" \|+ Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref.
2015 \| Homeland \| Ayla \| Episode: "The Tradition of Hospitality" \|
2017–2019 \| Dark \| Silja Tiedemann \| 8 episodes \|
2020 \|Sløborn \|Ella \|7 episodes \|

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|+ Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

! Ref.

2015

| Homeland

| Ayla

| Episode: "The Tradition of Hospitality"

2017–2019