Julie Engelbrecht is a German film and television actress born in Paris, France. She is the daughter of actress Constanze Engelbrecht,and made her acting debut at 12 years old starring alongside her mother in the 1996 TV movie Adieu, mon ami.From 2004 to 2007 she attended Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Engelbrecht gained recognition for her role as Valerie Ulmendorff in the 2005-2006 miniseries Mutig in die neuen Zeiten, for which she received a 2007 Undine Award nomination for 'Best Young Actress in a TV Movie'. In 2008 she played Johanna Palmquist in the TV movie Rasmus and Johanna based on the Inga Lindstr?m series,and Ilse in the 2008 film The Red Baron. In 2009 she appeared as high jumper Elisabeth 'Lilly' Vogt in Kaspar Heidelbach's film Berlin 36, and also in 2009, she starred as Müllerstochter Lisa in the ARD adaptation Rumpelstilzchen alongside Robert Stadlober. In 2011 she played Maren Elkberg in the TV movie Die Hochzeit meines Mannes, also based on the Inga Lindstr?m series, and followed with her role as young ballerina Anna Castell in the film Die T?nzerin – Lebe deinen Traum. In 2015 together with Mariah Bonner she played the lead role in the official video of Anna Naklab and Alle Farben's hit single Supergirl Make her American film debut in Lionsgate/Summit's The Last Witch Hunter.