Lena Urzendowsky

Urzendowsky was born in Friedrichshain, Berlin, and spent most of her childhood in Steglitz and Schöneberg.^[4][5] Her mother, Jeanette, and older brother, Sebastian, are also actors.^[6][7] Urzendowsky herself became interested in acting at the age of five after watching a children's musical at the Friedrichstadt-Palast. She took acting, singing, and dance lessons at Stagefactory until the age of 12, when she began applying to talent agencies.^[8] She was initially rejected due to her lack of experience, but later signed to an agency at the age of 14.^[7] She made her screen debut in the ZDF television film The Snow Queen [de] in 2014.^[9]

She briefly attended high school in France through a student exchange program, and later completed her Abitur in 2018.^[4][10] During the summer of 2022, she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City. She currently studies philosophy and social sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin.^[7][8] She lives in Wedding.^[4]