“System Crasher” star Helena Zengel was only nine years old when cast as wild and energetic Benni in Nora Fingscheidt’s film. And the young actress said the script, especially the heavy use ...

WHO Helena Zengel Age: 12 Hometown: Berlin WHAT After winning the German Film Award for Best Leading Actress with 2019’s System Crasher, Helena Zengel made her American film debut alongside Tom ...

Helena Zengel, a then-11-year-old German actress with a still-shaky command of English, was meeting British director Paul Greengrass, who was looking to cast the second lead, alongside Tom Hanks ...

“It was a very, very hard ask.” One of the first children he saw during the casting in 2019, however, was Helena Zengel, a then 11-year-old from Berlin with a tomboyish energy and platinum hair.

SEATTLE — Despite shooting News of the World on location in the elements for 53 days, 12-year-old Helena Zengel managed to still just be a kid. Between takes, she would joke with the crew, hang ...

After winning the German Film Award for Best Leading Actress with 2019’s System Crasher, Helena Zengel made her American film debut alongside Tom Hanks in News of the World. To star opposite ...

News Of The World star Helena Zengel says she “didn’t know” her new co-star Tom Hanks was “a big deal”. The 12-year-old actor and Hanks star together in the new cowboy film, which was ...

Helena Zengel wowed audiences with her portrayal of a wild child in the German film “System Crasher,” and now, the 12-year-old actress costars opposite Tom Hanks in Universal’s Paul ...

Paul Greengrass' News of the World has found its child lead in 11-year-old German actress Helena Zengel. Zengel will play the young girl who is escorted by Tom Hanks' Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd ...

Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel star in "News of the World" together, which is about a Civil War veteran on an epic journey to take a young girl home.

“System Crasher” star Helena Zengel was only nine years old when cast as wild and energetic Benni in Nora Fingscheidt’s film. And the young actress said the script, especially the heavy use ...