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Luna Jordan
Jordan in 2019
BornNovember 2000
Berlin, Germany
Died (aged 25)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationsActress, filmmaker
Years active2012–2026

Luna Jordan (November 2000 – 13 May 2026) was a German actress.

Early life and career

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Luna Jordan was born in Berlin in November 2000.[1] She was the daughter of Austrian actress Bettina Ratschew and German musical performer Frank Jordan.

From a young age, she appeared in various film and television productions, including the 2013 short film Die Zwangsräumung alongside Uwe Preuss. At the age of 17, Jordan began working regularly in television and cinema productions; in 2017, she played Sarah Pichler in the episode "Zwiespalt" of the ZDF television series Der Bergdoktor. She played her first leading role in 2018 as the militant environmentalist Marie Bacher in the ZDF crime drama Kommissarin Lucas – Tote Erde.

In the NDR documentary Kinderschauspieler – Der Preis des Erfolgs ("Child Actors – The Price of Success"),[2] Jordan, along with other former child stars, spoke about her early experiences in the film industry.

In 2019, Jordan joined the youth ensemble of the Deutsches Theater Berlin;[3] her debut production was Verirrten sich im Wald by Robert Lehniger. That same year, she filmed an episodic leading role for the SOKO Donau/Wien episode "Graues Leben" (ZDF/ORF) and the leading role of Samira Spahic in the feature film Fox in a Hole (Fox in a Hole) directed by Arman T. Riahi, starring alongside Sibel Kekilli, Maria Hofstätter, Andreas Lust, and Aleksandar Petrović. In 2020, she appeared at the Kammerspiele of the Deutsches Theater in a production of Die Räuber (The Robbers).

In 2020, Jordan joined the main cast of the MagentaTV adventure series Wild Republic, portraying the character Steffi. The eight-part series was directed by Markus Goller and Lennart Ruff. This was followed by additional film and television roles.

The award-winning short film Furor, co-created by Luna Jordan and Frida Lindenau, screened in 2021 in the competition of the German Youth Film Prize (Deutscher Jugendfilmpreis) and at the Diagonale film festival.[4][5] Jordan wrote the screenplay, which the feminist magazine An.schläge described as a "plea for the outward expression of female rage."[4]

At the 2022 Austrian Film Awards, where Jordan won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fuchs im Bau, she used her acceptance speech to address sexualized violence and the abuse of power within the theater and film industries. She stated:

I am only 20 years old, and I have already been a victim of sexual abuse four times on film sets and in theater houses.

— Luna Jordan, [6]

Her speech explicitly targeted a filmmaker present at the ceremony whom she accused of misconduct,[4] while also appealing to other victims to "break the silence."[7]

Personal life and death

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Jordan lived in Berlin and Vienna.[3][8] She died suddenly and unexpectedly on 13 May 2026 at the age of 25[9] during filming of the BBC TV drama series Hamburg Days about The Beatles' time in Germany and in which she had been cast as Astrid Kirchherr.[10]

Filmography

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As actress

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As filmmaker/screenwriter

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  • 2021: Furor (Short film)[4][5]

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. ↑ "Schauspielerin Luna Jordan mit 25 Jahren gestorben" [Actress Luna Jordan dies at age 25]. gmx.net (in German). 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Kinderschauspieler – Der Preis des Erfolgs" [Child Actors – The Price of Success]. story.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Filmarchiv" [Film Archive] (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 YiXing (9 March 2023). "„Das sollte nicht normal sein"" ["That shouldn't be normal"]. an.schläge - Das feministische Magazin (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Furor" (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Pentzlin, Pia (19 May 2026). "Luna Jordan stirbt mit 25 Jahren – „Ab dem Punkt hat sich alles verändert"" [Luna Jordan dies at 25 – "From that point on, everything changed"] (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Der österreichische Filmpreis im Schatten der MeToo-Debatte" [The Austrian Film Award in the shadow of the MeToo debate]. fm4.orf.at (in German). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Star Interview: Luna Jordan". Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Plötzlicher Todesfall: Schauspielerin Luna Jordan stirbt mit 25 Jahren" [Sudden death: Actress Luna Jordan dies at 25]. t-online.de (in German). 19 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Actress Luna Jordan dies at just 24 [sic] years old". MSN. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk (16 June 2025). "Politdrama : Am Abgrund" [Political Drama: At the Abyss] (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Wettbewerb Spielfilm | Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis" [Feature Film Competition] (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Nominierungen Max Ophüls Preis: Bester Schauspielnachwuchs 2021 | Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis" [Nominations Max Ophüls Prize: Best Young Actor 2021] (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  14. ↑ Wilhelmer, Philipp (7 March 2021). "Das sind die Nominierten für die ROMY 2021" [These are the nominees for the ROMY 2021] (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Preisträger:innen 2022" [Award Winners 2022]. Österreichische Filmakademie (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Braunschweig International Film Festival: Details" (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  17. ↑ Jochen Müller: Nominierungen für Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino stehen fest. In: Blickpunkt:Film, 7 June 2023.
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