Lea Drinda is an award-winning actor.

Her break-out performance was the role of ‘Babsi’ in WE THE CHILDREN FROM BAHNHOF ZOO (Amazon Prime), for which she was nominated for ‘Best Young Actor’ at the 2021 German Screen Actors Awards.

Lea received widespread acclaim for her performance as the lead ‘Charlie’ in BECOMING CHARLIE (ZDFneo). She was awarded the New Faces Award for Germany and ‘Best Leading Actress’ at both Hessian Television Awards and DAFFNEE Awards 2022, alongside nominations at German Television Awards and the prestigious Grimme Prize for ‘Outstanding Acting Performance’ in 2023.

In 2024, Lea starred as the titular ‘Wanda’ in Apple TV’s dark-comedy series WHERE’S WANDA? and as the female lead of the six-part thriller series NIGHT IN PARADISE for Canal+. She will next be seen as one of the leads  in the upcoming dystopian horror series CITY OF BLOOD for Disney+, slated for release in 2025.

Further credits include starring in Amazon’s fantasy series THE GRYPHON (2023), the environmental thriller series WHO WE ARE for ARD (2023), and ARD’s series BOOM (2024).

Lea is fluent in four languages: English, French, German and Spanish.