Together with a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for her role in the film the final Days. She later won the Best Actress at the European Film Awards at the German film Awards She regarded this as one of her greatest honours. This film got her nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. She then rose to fame in 2005 through the role she played in the film Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. Julia made her debut to the television screen in 2004 through her role in the film Edukators alongside Daniel Bruhl. She began her journey into acting by joining the drama school in Berlin, Hochschule Ernst Busch. Her family is made up of lawyers based in West Berlin. Her character and talent make her a natural while on set. Julia Jentsch is said to be among the most talented German actresses. Her successful films were the Age of cannibals and 13 minutes. She is one busy actress that features on television, big screen and theatre. In 2014 she appeared in the comedy film Alles ist Liebe, what a man and Vaterfreuden in 2014. She also features in less serious and light films such as comedies.
She also got a role to play in the World War II film depicting the war and the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler.
She amazed many of her fans in the German Television series Generation War in 2013. She also took part in a role in the British television drama, the promise. She has been featured in several German films. When she cleared the school, Katharina went and studied acting at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and graduated in 2003. She was born into an artistic family where her father is an actor, director and former theatre director while her mother is a playwright. Katharina Schuttler grew up in Cologne Germany.