Sandra Hüller

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Sandra Hüller
File:MKr23529 Sandra Hüller (Sisi & Ich, Berlinale 2023).jpg
Hüller in 2023
Born (1978-04-30) 30 April 1978 (age 45)[1][2]
Suhl, East Germany
Alma mater Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation Actress
Years active 1998–present
Children 1
Awards Full list

Sandra Hüller (German: [ˈzandʁa ˈhʏlɐ]; born 30 April 1978) is a German actress. She has appeared in German, Austrian, American, British, and French films. She gained international recognition in 2023 for her starring roles in Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama, The Zone of Interest, and Justine Triet's legal drama, Anatomy of a Fall. Her performances in them earned her two BAFTA Film Award nominations, while the latter won her a European Film Award for Best Actress and a César Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Hüller has 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 her first European Film Award for Best Actress. She portrayed Irma Sztáray in Frauke Finsterwalder's 2023 historical black comedy Sisi & I.

Early life and education

Hüller was born in Suhl, Thuringia,[3] East Germany,[1] and grew up in Oberhof and Friedrichroda, small villages in the heavily forested state of Thuringia.[4][5] She is the elder of two children,[6] with parents who were educators;[7] her father Reiner taught at a center for apprentices, her mother Kornelia gave after-school tutoring.[5]

Hüller cut off her hair, dyed it red,[8] and joined a drama club as a teenager.[9] "I took part in the theatre workshop at school and really enjoyed it, but I never thought that it could be a profession for me. It was more of a hobby", Hüller said.[10]

In high school,[7] Hüller had her stage debut with the 1996 production Wir Voodookinder directed by Robert Lehniger at the Theatertreffen der Jugend in Berlin.[11]

From 1996, Hüller studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin,[12] graduating in 2003.[13][14] After graduating, Hüller left Berlin and spent two years at a theatre southwest of Leipzig, then moved to Switzerland to join the Theater Basel.[7]

Hüller speaks German, English, French and Spanish.[9]

Career

Hüller appeared from 1998 to 2001 at the Theaterhaus[15] Jena, Thuringia and then for one year at the Schauspiel[16][17][18] Leipzig. It was Oliver Held,[19] a playwright from Jena, who recommended her to the Theater Basel in Switzerland, where she appeared until 2006.[12]

In 2006, Hüller appeared as Michaela Klingler in Hans-Christian Schmid's film Requiem, for which she won the 56th Berlin International Film Festival's Award for Best Actress and her first German Film Award.[20]

In 2009, Hüller appeared as Elizabeth I, in Virgin Queen at Prater Volksbühne theatre,[21] and in the music-theater-show For Love, directed by Tom Schneider, based on the works of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.[22][23][24]

In 2012, at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, Hüller was – alongside Emily Jacir and David OReilly – part of the jury that chose Justine Triet's Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garçon as the festival's best short film.[25]

From 2012 to 2015, Hüller was a member of the company[26] at the Munich Kammerspiele, where she worked with director Johan Simons on several plays,[27] notably Elfriede Jelinek's Die Straße. Die Stadt. Der Überfall. in 2013.[28]

In 2014, Hüller won the German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Franziska Feldenhoven in Frauke Finsterwalder's film Finsterworld.[29]

In 2016, Hüller co-founded the FARN.collective theater group.[30] She accepted the invitation to become a member of Berlin's Academy of Arts in 2017.[31]

In 2018, Hüller became a member of the company at the Schauspiel Bochum, again working with Johan Simons.[7] In 2018, she played the lead role in Simons' adaptation of Penthesilea in Bochum and at the Salzburg Festival.[32]

In 2019, she appeared in Johan Simons' award-winning, gender-switched version of Hamlet.[33][5] In 2019, Hüller was part of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival's jury, chaired by Juliette Binoche.[34] Later in 2019, she appeared in two French films, Justine Triet's Sibyl, where she played film director Mika,[35] and in Alice Winocour's Proxima as the psychologist Wendy.[36]

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. The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival on 19 February 2023,[37] and was released in Germany on 30 March 2023.[38] Hüller was nominated for the German Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.[39]

In 2023, Hüller starred in two films that premiered in main competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival;[40] the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet, which won the festival's Palme d'Or,[41] and the American-British-Polish Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer, which won the Grand Prix.[41] 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.[42] She also earned Academy Award[43] and Golden Globe[44] nominations for Anatomy of a Fall, as well as BAFTA Film Award nominations for both Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest.[45] She also won the César Award for Best Actress for Anatomy of a Fall.[46]

Personal life

Hüller considers Thuringia as home.[8][47]

Hüller lives in Leipzig-Plagwitz, Germany, with her daughter, who was born in 2011.[48][49]

Hüller is a licensed forklift operator, certified for a role in Thomas Stuber’s In the Aisles.[13][50]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Nicht auf den Mund Daisy Short film
Midsommar Stories Beatrice Segment "Sabotage"
2006 Requiem Michaela Klingler
Kühe lächeln mit den Augen Julia
Madonnas (de) Rita
2008 Where in This World Short film
A Woman in Berlin Steffi
The Architect (de) 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 (de) 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 (de) 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
2020 Sleep[51] Marlene
2021 I'm Your Man Employee
Munich – The Edge of War Helen Winter Netflix film
2022 The Black Square[52] Martha
Talking About the Weather[53] Clara
2023 Sisi & I Irma Sztáray
Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter
The Zone of Interest Hedwig Höss
2024 Rose[54][55] Rose

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

Radio plays

Audio books

  • 2013: Finn-Ole Heinrich: Die erstaunlichen Abenteuer der Maulina Schmitt – Mein kaputtes Königreich. (Hörcompany)
  • 2014: Finn-Ole Heinrich: Die erstaunlichen Abenteuer der Maulina Schmitt – Warten auf Wunder. (Hörcompany)
  • 2015: Finn-Ole Heinrich: Die erstaunlichen Abenteuer der Maulina Schmitt – Ende des Universums (Hörcompany)
  • 2015: Karen Köhler: Wir haben Raketen geangelt (tacheles!/Roof Music)
  • 2017: Mariana Leky: Was man von hier aus sehen kann (tacheles!/Roof Music)
  • 2018: Wolfgang Herrndorf: Bilder deiner großen Liebe: Ein großer Monolog mit Musik (tacheles!/Roof Music)[59]
  • 2019: Mariana Leky: Die Herrenausstatterin (tacheles!/Roof Music)[60]
  • 2019: Mariana Leky: Erste Hilfe (tacheles!/Roof Music)[60]

Awards and nominations

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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.[61][62]

For her performance in Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Hüller became the third German actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the first German actress to be nominated since Luise Rainer in 1937.[63]

References

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  6. Tanja Brandes and Markus Decker (8 March 2019), Sandra Hüller: So sehr Ost wie West Berliner Zeitung.
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  25. "Say Goodbye to the Story": Leitmotif of the Berlinale Shorts Berlin International Film Festival, press release of 19 January 2012.
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  51. Martin Blaney (7 October 2019), Global Screen picks up Sandra Hüller drama ‘Sleep’ (exclusive) Screen Daily.
  52. Leo Barraclough (23 February 2020), Picture Tree Intl. Picks Up Comedy ‘The Black Square,’ Starring ‘Toni Erdmann’s’ Sandra Hueller (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
  53. Elsa Keslassy (16 December 2021), Films Boutique Nabs Berlinale-Bound Debut ‘Talking About The Weather’ (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
  54. Tim Dams (1 June 2023), Sandra Hüller to star in Markus Schleinzer's period drama ‘Rose’; The Match Factory boards sales (exclusive) Screen International.
  55. Martin Blaney (20 July 2023), ‘Rose’ starring Sandra Huller, among buzzy Euro co-pros to receive German fund backing Screen International.
  56. Claude Pierre Salmony (14 December 2013), «Der Kauf» von Paul Plamper Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.
  57. Britta Bürger (2 September 2017), [Hörspiel von Paul Plamper: „Dienstbare Geister“ erweckt den Poltergeist des Kolonialismus] Deutschlandfunk.
  58. Matthias Grass (7 October 2023), Klever Fotografin Kirsten Becken: „Sandra Hüller betört mich“ Rheinische Post.
  59. Georg Gruber (27 March 2018), Sandra Hüller singt und spricht Wolfgang Herrndorf: Eine Road Novel als rauschartige Performance Deutschlandfunk.
  60. 60.0 60.1 Elena Witzeck (27 September 2019), Hüller liest Mariana Leky: Einfach mal die Welt reinlassen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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