Cast of Dear Child

Meet the actors and characters of the Netflix thriller series

Kim Riedle as Lena

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Naila Schuberth as Hannah

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Sammy Schrein as Jonathan

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Hans Löw as Gerd Bühling

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Justus von Dohnányi as Matthias Beck

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Julika Jenkins as Karin Beck

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Haley Louise Jones as Aida Kurt

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Seraphina Maria Schweiger as Ines Reisig

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Ozgur Karadeniz as Dr. Hamstedt

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