Lea Drinda is an award-winning actor.

Lea’s break-out performance was the role of ‘Babsi’ in WE THE CHILDREN FROM BAHNHOF ZOO (Amazon), 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 2025, Lea stars as ‘Erika’ in Mascha Schilinski’s acclaimed feature film SOUND OF FALLING. The film had it’s world premiere In Competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize, and is nominated for ‘Best International Feature Film’ at the upcoming Academy Awards.

In 2026, Lea will next be seen as one of the leads in the upcoming dystopian horror series CITY OF BLOOD for Disney+. Lea also stars as the titular ‘Wanda’ in Apple TV’s dark-comedy series WHERE’S WANDA?, with the first season released in October 2024 and the second season slated for 2026. 

Further credits include starring in Amazon’s fantasy series THE GRYPHON (2023), the environmental thriller series WHO WE ARE for ARD (2023), ARD’s series BOOM (2024), and six-part thriller series NIGHT IN PARADISE (2024) for Canal+.

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