# Jeanne Goursaud

Jeanne Goursaud (born 4 April 1996) is a German-French actress. She is known to international audiences for her roles in the Netflix series Barbarians (2020–) and the Paramount+ series The Chemistry of Death (2023).

## Early life

Goursaud was born in Pinneberg district north of Hamburg in Schleswig-Holstein, to a German mother and a French father. She grew up in Halstenbek, where she and her sister would put on plays in their yard. She took drama classes at the TASK drama school.

## Career

In 2012, Goursaud had a modeling gig with the beauty brand Bebe Young Care. That same year, she made her television debut with guest appearances in episodes of Die Pfefferkörner (The Peppercorns) on KiKa and Neues aus Büttenwarder (News from Büttenwarder) on NDR Fernsehen.
Goursaud made her English-language debut in 2015 when she played the recurring character Emma in season 2 of the Australian children's series In Your Dreams on 7two. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Erwartungen. In 2017, she joined the cast of the RTL school-set comedy-drama Der Lehrer for its fifth season as Bibi, a role she would play until its seventh season in 2019. She also appeared in the web series Wishlist, the television film Zaun an Zaun, and the parody film Bullyparade: The Movie.
While living in Paris to hone in her French-language skills, Goursaud was scouted for the 2018 Clint Eastwood film The 15:17 to Paris. She played Rebecca Jungblut in the Das Erste series Hubert ohne Staller.
In 2020, Goursaud began portraying the real-life Cheruscan noblewoman Thusnelda in the Netflix historical war drama Barbarians. She then starred as Jazz in Para – We Are King on Warner TV in 2021 and Jenny Krause in the British thriller The Chemistry of Death, an adaptation of the novel by Simon Beckett for Paramount+ in 2023.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Erwartungen | Vanessa | |
| 2017 | Bullyparade: The Movie | Babsirella | |
| 2017 | Pestana | Anna | Short film |
| 2017 | Dieter Not Unhappy | Girl | |
| 2018 | The 15:17 to Paris | Lea | |
| 2018 | What Doesn't Kill Us | | |
| 2018 | Klassentreffen 1.0 | Kellnerin - Club | |
| 2018 | Cold Feet [de] (German: Kalte Füße) | Nicole | |
| 2019 | The Three Exclamation Marks (German: Die Drei!) | Sabrina | |
| 2022 | The Magic Flute | Lady Azure | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012, 2016 | The Peppercorns (German: Die Pfefferkörner) | Lara Lehnert | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | News from Büttenwarder (German: Neues aus Büttenwarder) | Paula Bertram | Episode: "Survival" |
| 2014 | Charlottes Welt - Geht nicht, gibt's nicht | Geraldine | Television film |
| 2015 | Die Mutter des Mörders | Lea Gräf | Television film |
| 2015 | In Your Dreams | Emma | 3 episodes (season 2) |
| 2015 | Time to Say Goodbye [de] | Woman | Television film |
| 2015 | Alles was zählt | Emma Schneider | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Die siebte Stunde | Ravenée | Television film |
| 2017–2019 | Der Lehrer | Bibi | 56 episodes (seasons 5–7) |
| 2017 | Zaun an Zaun | Sofie Weidinger | Television film |
| 2017–2023 | In Wahrheit | Lisa Krohn | Television film series |
| 2017 | Der Schweinehirt | Prinzessin Victoria | Television film |
| 2017–2018 | Wishlist | Janina Novak | Web series, 11 episodes |
| 2018 | Einstein | Lina | Episode: "Expansion" |
| 2018 | Großstadtrevier | Janine Herder | Episode: "Dra di net um" |
| 2018 | Blockbustaz | Frau Bischoff | Episode: "Geißbock" |
| 2018 | Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei | Jessi Winkels | Episode: "Harte Schule" |
| 2018 | Herzkino.Märchen | Bianca Rothe | Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot |
| 2019 | Hubert ohne Staller | Rebecca Jungblut | 17 episodes |
| 2019 | SOKO Wismar | Amelie Haag | Episode: "Die Rache der Ostseeschnäpel" |
| 2020–present | Barbarians | Thusnelda | Main role |
| 2021 | Der Bergdoktor | Luisa Sturm | Episode: "Bis nichts mehr bleibt" |
| 2021–present | Para – We Are King | Jazz | Main role |
| 2023 | The Chemistry of Death | Jenny Krause | Main role |
| 2023 | Mi querida Niña | Lena Beck | Breves apariciones (Lena hace 13 años) |
| 2023 | Pax Massilia | Alice Vidal | Main role |