Leonie Wesselow

Acting

Biography

Leonie Wesselow, born on April 7, 1998, in Buxtehude, is a German actress and voice artist who discovered her passion for acting at the age of eight and trained early at renowned institutions like the Stage School Hamburg and the Joop van den Ende Academy. She gained initial experience in theater productions at the Thalia Theater Hamburg and the Hamburgische Staatsoper, as well as in the youth series Das Haus Anubis. She became known for her lead role in the feature film Back for Good (2017), followed by appearances in the Netflix series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) as Fritzi (2019–2025), Tatort, Cortex (2020), and Ich dich auch! (2022–2024).

Born: April 7, 1998

Place of Birth: Buxtehude, Germany

Known For

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SOKO Hamburg

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How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

To win back his ex-girlfriend, a nerdy teen starts selling ecstasy online out of his bedroom -- and becomes one of Europe's biggest dealers.

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In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte

The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt. In this emotional drama series, hospital staffers and patients navigate life's challenges.

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Once Upon a Time in Indian Country

A wild genre mix between a boxer film, urban western, road movie and music video, set at end of the summer holidays in a drab neighborhood in the outskirts of Hamburg suburbia. Young boxing talent Mauser is preparing for a pivotal competition when his father kills his step-mother and flees. Trying to find his father, Mauser embarks on a journey through the world of music, psychedelia, violence, love and a biblical thunderstorm. And what is with the Native American? "Once upon a time in Indian country" is a story that radiates both, heat and poetry.

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The Glare

A 15-year-old mute girl, suspected of having been raped, is placed in a shelter. But is she really the helpless teenager everyone sees in her ?

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Ich dich auch!

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Flucht durchs Höllental

The daughter of a lawyer is abducted. He becomes a hunted man himself.

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The Ranger - On the Hunt

The Ranger - On the Hunt is a German television series that has been produced for Das Erste since 2018 on behalf of ARD-Degeto and MDR. The episodes are about 90 minutes long and will be broadcast as part of the series Endlich Freitag on Das Erste. The central character of the series is Jonas Waldek who worked as a ranger in Canada for several years and returned to his hometown of Wehlen to work as a ranger in the Saxon Switzerland National Park.

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SOKO Köln

The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.

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A Place Called Dignity

Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad established in Chile by German settlers. It seems to be quite a privilege for a kid like him, and he quickly becomes the favourite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses some kind of strange things which happen there and make him act differently than the other students.