Sandra Hüller
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Sandra Hüller | |
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Born | [1][2] | 30 April 1978
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 Justine Triet's courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall and in Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest.
Early life
Hüller was born in Suhl, East Germany.[1] She studied theater 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.[citation needed]
Career
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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.[3]
In 2014, she won the German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Franziska Feldenhoven in Frauke Finsterwalder's film Finsterworld.[4]
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.[5][6]
In 2019, she appeared in two French films, Justine Triet's Sibyl, where she played film director Mika,[7] and in Alice Winocour's Proxima as the psychologist Wendy.[8]
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,[9] and was released in Germany on 30 March 2023.[10] Hüller was nominated for the German Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.[11]
Hüller starred in two films that premiered in main competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival;[12] the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet, which won the festival's Palme d'Or,[13] and the American-British-Polish Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer, which won the Grand Prix.[13]
Personal life
Hüller lives in Leipzig-Plagwitz, Germany with her daughter, who was born in 2011.[14][15]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Nicht auf den Mund | Daisy | Short film |
Midsommar Stories | Beatrice | Segment "Sabotage" | |
2006 | Requiem | Michaela Klingler | |
Kühe lächeln mit den Augen | Julia | ||
Madonnas | Rita | ||
2008 | Where in This World | Short film | |
A Woman in Berlin | Steffi | ||
The Architect | Reh Winter | ||
2009 | Roentgen | Charlotte | Short film |
Fly | Sarah | Short film | |
Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | Ulrike Meinhof | Segment "Die Unvollendete" | |
Miss Stinnes Motors Round the World | Clärenore Stinnes | ||
Henri 4 | Catherine | ||
2010 | Brownian Movement | Charlotte | |
Aghet – Ein Völkermord | Tacy Atkinson | Documentary | |
2011 | Über uns das All | Martha Sabel | |
2012 | Fluss | Mother | Short film |
Strings | Mother | ||
2013 | Finsterworld | Franziska Feldenhoven | |
2014 | Lose My Self | Frauke, Lena's friend | |
Amour Fou | Marie | ||
2016 | Toni Erdmann | Ines Conradi | |
2017 | Don't | Superhero | Short film |
Fack ju Göhte 3 | Biggi Enzberger | ||
2018 | In the Aisles | Marion Koch | |
25 km/h | Tanja | ||
2019 | Sibyl | Mika | |
Proxima | Wendy | ||
Exil | Nora | ||
2021 | I'm Your Man | Employee | |
Munich – The Edge of War | Helen Winter | Netflix film | |
2023 | Sisi & I | Irma Sztáray | |
Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra | ||
The Zone of Interest | Hedwig Höss |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Der Kriminalist | Conny Lojewski | 1 episode |
2013 | Pinocchio | Fox | Miniseries |
2014 | Polizeiruf 110 | Karen Wagner | 1 episode |
2016 | Crime Scene Cleaner (Der Tatortreiniger) | Silke Hansen | 1 episode |
Awards and nominations
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Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Bavarian Film Award | Best New Actress | — | Won | [16] |
2006 | Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Requiem | Won | |
German Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | |||
German Film Critics Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
Sitges Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | |||
European Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
2007 | Mar del Plata Film Festival | Best Actress | Madonnas | Won | |
2009 | Ulrich-Wildgruber-Preis | Won | [17] | ||
2011 | German Film Critics Award | Best Actress | Above Us Only Sky | Won | |
2012 | German Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
Festival International des Jeunes Réalisateurs de Saint-Jean-de-Luz |
Best Actress | Won | |||
Festival de Valenciennes | Best Actress | Won | |||
2014 | German Film Award | Best Supporting Actress | Finsterworld | Won | |
2014 | German Television Awards | Best Actress | Polizeiruf 110 | Nominated | |
2016 | European Film Awards | Best Actress | Toni Erdmann | Won | [18] |
Bavarian Film Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
Toronto Film Critics Association Award | Best Actress | Won | |||
2017 | German Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
London Critics Circle Film Awards | Actress of the Year | Nominated | |||
National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
German Film Critics Award | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
2018 | SESC Film Festival | Best Foreign Actress | Won | ||
German Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | In the Aisles | Nominated | ||
2023 | German Film Awards | Best Actress | Sisi & I | Nominated | [11] |
References
- ^ a b "Sandra Hüller". Filmstarts.de (in German). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ Shoard, Catherine (26 January 2017). "Toni Erdmann's Sandra Hüller: 'Everybody knows the German clichés. Maybe they're true'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Berlinale / Archive / Annual Archives / 2006 / Prize Winners". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "German Film Awards 2014 – Movies from 2013". Filmaffinity. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "European Film Awards (EFA) – Best Actress: All winners". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Berlin International Film Festival – Silver Bear – Best Actress: All winners". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (24 May 2019). "Review: Sibyl". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ Mintzer, Jordan (9 September 2019). "'Proxima': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Berlinale | Programme – Sisi & Ich | Sisi & I". Berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Sisi & I". DCM Stories. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (24 March 2023). "Oscar Winner 'All Quiet on the Western Front' Leads German Film Awards Nominations With 12". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (13 April 2023). "Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Haynes, Anderson, Glazer, Kore-Eda, Wenders In Competition – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b Debruge, Peter (27 May 2023). "Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners". Variety.
- ^ Dürr, Anke (12 November 2018). "Schauspielerin Sandra Hüller: "Man guckt jetzt schon, wer am Nebentisch sitzt"". Der Spiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023.
- ^ Mottram, James (31 January 2017). "Toni Erdmann's Maren Ade interview: 'I don't compare myself to Tarantino, but he always makes long films and people go'". The Independent.
Hüller has a young daughter, Ruby.
- ^ "Minister President Stoiber lends his Bavarian film prize in 2005". Bavarian State (in German). Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Ulrich Wild-Gruber Award 2009". NORDMETALL Foundation (in German). Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ Brown, Mark (11 December 2016). "Toni Erdmann sweeps the board at European film awards 2016". The Guardian.
- ^ "Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Veranstaltungen / Ordensverleihung "Vereint und füreinander da"". www.bundespraesident.de. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
External links
Media related to Sandra Hüller at Wikimedia Commons
- Sandra Hüller at IMDb
- 21st-century German actresses
- Living people
- 1978 births
- People from Suhl
- German film actresses
- German stage actresses
- German television actresses
- European Film Award for Best Actress winners
- Best Actress German Film Award winners
- Silver Bear for Best Actress winners
- Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany