Emilia Schüle

Emilia Schüle is a German actress who was born on November 28, 1992. She is best known for portraying the titular role in the television series Marie Antoinette, which premiered in 2022.

Born in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, to a Russian-German family, Schüle relocated to Berlin with her parents at one year old. At the age of eight, she began taking professional dance classes focused on ballet, modern dance, and street dance.

Schüle entered the entertainment industry following her participation in the Talents Getting Started workshop in 2005. This led to her appearing in various commercial campaigns for brands including IKEA, Arcor, Clearasil, and Deutsche Telekom.

She transitioned into acting by securing her first leading roles in the television films Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe and Manatu. Schüle achieved her film breakthrough in 2008 when she starred alongside Armin Rohde, Anke Engelke, and Piet Klocke in the movie Freche Mädchen.

Following her breakthrough, she took on a major role in the 2009 film Gangs, playing the character Sophie alongside brothers Jimi Blue and Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht. In 2010, she expanded her filmography by appearing in both Rock It! and the sequel Freche Mädchen 2.

In September 2021, Schüle was cast as Marie Antoinette in the Canal+ and BBC television series created by Deborah Davis, marking a significant project in her ongoing acting career.