Julie Charon Engelbrecht (born 30 June 1984) is a French-born German actress.

Early life

Engelbrecht was born in Paris. She is the daughter of the actress Constanze Engelbrecht,^[1] and made her acting debut at 12 years old, appearing with her mother in the 1996 TV film Adieu, mon ami.^[2] From 2004 to 2007, she attended Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.^[3]

Career

Engelbrecht gained recognition for her role as Valerie Ulmendorff in the 2005–2006 miniseries Mutig in die neuen Zeiten, for which she received a 2007 Undine Award nomination for "Best Young Actress in a TV film".^[2]

In 2008, she played Johanna Palmquist in the TV movie Rasmus and Johanna, based on the Inga Lindström series,^[2] and Ilse in the 2008 film The Red Baron.^[4]

In 2009, she appeared as the high jumper Elisabeth 'Lilly' Vogt in Kaspar Heidelbach's film Berlin 36,^[2] and also in 2009, she starred as Müllerstochter Lisa in the ARD adaptation Rumpelstiltskin [de] alongside Robert Stadlober.^[5][6]

In 2011, she played Maren Elkberg in the TV film Die Hochzeit meines Mannes, also based on the Inga Lindström series,^[7] and followed with her role as the young ballerina Anna Castell in the film Born to Dance.^[1][8]

In 2015, she played the lead role in the video for Anna Naklab and Alle Farben's single "Supergirl".^[9]

In 2015, she was cast and appeared in the role of the Witch Queen in The Last Witch Hunter.^[10]

Filmography

Television

• Adieu, mon ami (1996), as Young Dagmar
• Zwei Profis: ...und das tote Mädchen (2003), as Cora Schenk
• Klassentreffen (2004), as Nena
• Tatort: Ein Glücksgefühl (2005), as Natalie Bracault
• Mutig in die neuen Zeiten: Im Reich der Reblaus (2005), as Valerie Ulmendorff
• Mutig in die neuen Zeiten: Nur keine Wellen (2006), as Valerie Ulmendorff
• Im Namen des Gesetzes: Der Tote am See (2008), as Nele Thieme
• Inga Lindström: Rasmus and Johanna (2008), as Johanna Palmquist
• Rumpelstiltskin [de] (2009), as Lisa the miller's daughter
• Es liegt mir auf der Zunge [de] (2009), as Gilla
• Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (2 episodes, 2010-2017), as Charlotte 'Summer' Schrankmann / Claudia Brandt
• Schief gewickelt [de] (2010),^[11] as Eloise
• Küstenwache (2 episodes, 2009–2011), as Gesa Hufeland
• Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt (1 episode, 2011), as Lena Walther^[12]
• Wilde Wellen – Nichts bleibt verborgen (2 episodes, 2011), as Sara
• Inga Lindström: Die Hochzeit meines Mannes (2011), as Maren Elkberg
• Die Harald Schmidt Show (1 episode, 2011), as Herself
• The Strain (1 episode, 2015), as Helga Richtler
• For Heaven's Sake (1 episode, 2020), as Eva Angermeier
• Homeland (1 episode, 2020), as Young Anna

Film

• Before the Fall (2004), as Katharina
• The Red Baron (2008), as Ilse
• Berlin 36 (2009), as Elisabeth 'Lilly' Vogt
• Born to Dance (2011), as Anna Castell
• 45 Minutes to Ramallah (2013), as Olga
• False Freedom (2013), as Eva
• Barbecue (2014), as Julie
• Die Mamba (2014), as Agent Tripple D
• Nicholas on Holiday (2014), as La jeune Allemande
• The Last Witch Hunter (2015), as Witch Queen
• Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016), as Elke Schroeder
• Ein Sommer in Südfrankreich (2016), as Charlotte

Recognition

• 2007, Undine Award nomination for "Best Young Actress in a TV Movie" for Mutig in die neuen Zeiten^[2]