Lea Mende

Female White, Latinx/Hispanic, Multi-Ethnic, Ambiguous

Brown Hazel 123lbs 5'7"

2 25" 2 2 9


Film

RoleDirectorProduction
Glanz (Short)   Lead Zoe Ristow IFS Cologne
12 Hours (Short)   Supporting / DOP Bejo Dohmen Reel Pictures Production
Fast Girls (Short)   Lead / Director Anna-Lea Mende Origin Film Productions
Katzenjammer (Short)   Lead Sophie Käppele CBC
El Espinal (Short)   Lead Santiago Alvarez KHM Cologne
Swiss Break   Lead Andrew Veluz AVR Productions
Erwartungen   Supporting Sebastian Mattukat Steppefilm
Der Boxer (Short)   Lead Henry Grothkasten KHM Cologne
Head Full Of Honey   Supporting Til Schweiger Warner Brothers
Klassentreffen 1.0   Supporting Til Schweiger Warner Brothers
The Mask of Sanity   Lead Francesco Nuñez Film Inc., LA
Reshape (Short)   Lead Dana Flugel SAE Institute

Television

RoleDirectorProduction
Corrupt Crimes   Guest-Star Matt Fisher Netflix
Tatort: Auf einen Schlag   Guest-Star Richard Huber WDR/ARD
Der letzte Cowboy   Co-Star Lars Jessen WDR/ARD
Drunk History   Co-Star Derek Waters Comedy Central
Einstein: Schwerkraft   Co-Star Thomas Jahn SAT 1
Motive To Murder   Guest-Star Thomai Hatsios USA Network
No Actors Parking (Pilot)   Guest-Star Tom Albanese Albanese Prod.
Grill den Profi (16 Episodes)   Co-Host / Show Assistant Various ITV Studios / VOX
Grill den Henssler (54 Episodes)   Co-Host / Show Assistant Various ITV Studios / VOX

Stage

RoleDirectorProduction
Dantons Tod   Lead Johannes Prill Hinterhofsalon
Bonntown   Lead Ulrich Hartz Theater Nacht
Leonce & Lena   Lead Karin Pulitzer Hinterhofsalon
An einem Donnerstag   Lead Arndt Schwering FW Theater
12 Angry (Wo)Men   Lead Marian Bruchholz Europatheater

Commercial

RoleDirectorProduction
List available upon request.  
 
 
 
 

Print

RoleDirectorProduction
List available upon request.  
 
 
 
 

Comedy

RoleDirectorProduction
Die Rheinsurfer - Sketch Comedy   Co-Lead / Co-Director / Co-Writer Various Mediakraft Networks
 
 
 
 

Voiceover

RoleDirectorProduction
Honey In The Head - German   Self Björn Schalla Warner Brothers
 
 
 
 

Music videos

RoleDirectorProduction
David Bisbal - Fiebre   Lead Brian Luca UMG
Summer Cem - Tamam Tamam   Lead Sarah Schneider Sony Music
 
 
 

Internet

RoleDirectorProduction
The Mask of Sanity   Lead Francesco Nuñez Film Inc., LA
Hotte   Supporting Daniel Buder Buder Productions
Spanish E-Casting  
Rheinsurfer   Lead / Writer / Director Rheinsurfer Mediakraft Networks
Action Scene + Stunts  

Hosting

RoleDirectorProduction
Grill den Profi (16 Episodes)   Co-Host Various ITV Studios / VOX
Leinwandreporter   Host Philip Becker / Thomas Trierweiler Leinwandreporter
Pick Up x Love Island   Host Raphael Gilles RTL
Engelbert Strauss x Metallica   Host Kolja Engelbert Strauss
Engelbert Strauss x Stunts   Host Yago Lopez Engelbert Strauss
Grill den Henssler (54 Episodes)   Co-Host Various ITV Studios / VOX

Training

2016-2017: Killian's Commercial Workshops, 2013-2015: Film Acting School Cologne (Associate's Degree), 2018-2021: Meisner at Joanne Baron + D.W. Brown, 2017-2018: Ivana Chubbuck Studios, 2016-2017: The Groundlings Improvisation, 2016-2017: Camera Acting (Brad Greenquist), 2020-2021: Ivana Chubbuck Studios / Sitcom Comedy at Scott Sedita Studios, 2022-2024: Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre  
 

Special Skills

ACTING GENRES, STYLES AND TECHNIQUES

Style

Action (Advanced), Comedy (Advanced), Crime (Advanced), Drama (Advanced), Family (Advanced), Horror (Advanced), Improv (Advanced), Lee Strasberg (Advanced), Method (Advanced), Musical (Advanced), Romantic (Advanced), Sanford Meisner (Advanced), Science Fiction (Advanced), Sports (Advanced), Stanislavsky (Advanced), Stella Adler (Advanced), Suspense (Advanced), Uta Hagen (Advanced), War (Advanced), Western (Advanced)
 

Athletic

Extreme Sports

CYCLING, GENERAL (Intermediate), PARKOUR (Intermediate)
 

General

AEROBICS (Intermediate), BADMINTON (Intermediate), BOWLING (Intermediate), BOXING (Advanced), GOLF (Beginner), GYMNASTICS (Intermediate), HIKING (Advanced), JOGGING (Intermediate), KICK BOXING (Intermediate), PING PONG (Intermediate), ROLLER SKATE (Intermediate), ROLLERBLADE (Intermediate), RUNNING (Intermediate), SOCCER (Intermediate)
 

Swimming

SWIMMING, GENERAL (Intermediate)
 

Fighting and Weapons

General Weapons

AUTOMATIC WEAPON (Beginner), HANDGUN (Beginner)
 

Martial Arts

KARATE (Intermediate), KUNG FU (Intermediate), TAI CHI (Intermediate)
 

Stage Combat

HAND-TO-HAND (Intermediate)
 

Improvisation and Comedy

Improvisation & Comedic Performance

GROUNDLINGS (Intermediate), IMPROV, GENERAL (Intermediate), SKETCH (Intermediate)
 

Languages and Accents/Dialects

Accents/Dialects

FRENCH (Intermediate), GERMAN (Advanced), ITALIAN (Intermediate), MIDDLE EASTERN (Intermediate), RUSSIAN (Intermediate), SPANISH (Intermediate), SWISS-GERMAN (Intermediate)
 

Languages

GERMAN (Advanced), SPANISH (Advanced)
 

Other

Driving Skills

STICK SHIFT (Advanced)
 

Horse Riding

HORSEBACK RIDING, GENERAL (Intermediate)
 

Licenses

CLASS C (Advanced)
 

Miscellaneous

CHEF (Advanced), HOSTING (Advanced), YOGA (Advanced)
 

Performance

Dance

BELLY (Intermediate), CLUB/FREESTYLE (Intermediate), HIP HOP (Intermediate), MODERN (Intermediate), SALSA (Beginner)
 

Singing

JAZZ (Beginner), MUSICAL THEATER (Beginner), POP (Beginner), R&B (Beginner)
 

Possessions