Sandra Hüller facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sandra Hüller
Hüller in 2023
Born	(1978-04-30) 30 April 1978 (age 45) Suhl, East Germany
Alma mater	Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Children	1

Sandra Hüller (German: [ˈzandʁa ˈhʏlɐ]; born 30 April 1978) is a German actress. She has starred in German, Austrian, American, British and French films. She played Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's 2006 drama Requiem, for which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress, and a troubled daughter in Maren Ade's 2016 comedy Toni Erdmann, for which she won the European Film Award for Best Actress.

In 2023, Hüller portrayed Irma Sztáray in Frauke Finsterwalder's historical black comedy Sisi & I, and gained wider recognition for her starring roles in Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest and Justine Triet's courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall. Her performance as a woman accused of her husband's murder in the last of these won her a second European Film Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.

Early life

Hüller was born in Suhl, East Germany, and grew up in Friedrichroda. In 1996, she had her stage debut with the production "Wir Voodookinder" (directed by Robert Lehniger) at the Theatertreffen der Jugend in Berlin. She studied acting from 1996 to 2000 at the Hochschule Für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch", Berlin. She appeared from 1998 to 2001 at the Jena Theater, Thuringia and then for one year at the Schauspiel Leipzig. It was Oliver Held who recommended her to the Theater Basel, Switzerland where she appeared until 2006.

Career

Hüller in 2023

Prior to the release of Toni Erdmann in 2016, Hüller was best known for her role as Michaela Klingler in Hans-Christian Schmid's film Requiem, for which she won the Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress and her first German Film Award in 2006.

In 2014, Hüller won the German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Franziska Feldenhoven in Frauke Finsterwalder's film Finsterworld.

Besides Julia Jentsch and Paula Beer, Hüller is the only German actress to win both the European Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actress, top honors of the European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival, in the 21st century. She accepted the invitation to become a member of Berlin's Academy of Arts in 2017. In 2019, she was part of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival's jury, chaired by Juliette Binoche.

In 2019, Hüller appeared in two French films, Justine Triet's Sibyl, where she played film director Mika, and in Alice Winocour's Proxima as the psychologist Wendy.

In 2023, Hüller portrayed Countess Irma Sztáray in Frauke Finsterwalder's historical black comedy film Sisi & I, a retelling of the later years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria from the point of view of her lady-in-waiting, Irma Sztáray. The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival on 19 February 2023, and was released in Germany on 30 March 2023. Hüller was nominated for the German Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.

Hüller starred in two films that premiered in main competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival; the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet, which won the festival's Palme d'Or, and the American-British-Polish Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer, which won the Grand Prix. She won her second European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Anatomy of a Fall, also being nominated for the award for her performance in The Zone of Interest. She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for Anatomy of a Fall.

Personal life

Hüller lives in Leipzig-Plagwitz, Germany with her daughter, who was born in 2011.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Film awards

Other honors

• 2013 – Best Actress, presented by Theater heute
• 2019 – Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring
• 2020 – Theaterpreis Berlin, presented by the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung
• 2020 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2022 – Hannelore Elsner Prize
• 2023 – Douglas Sirk Prize, presented by Filmfest Hamburg

See also

In Spanish: Sandra Hüller para niños