The Biography

Sandra Hüller (born 30 April 1978) is a German actress. She gained critical praise for her portrayal of Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's 2006 drama Requiem, for which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, and is best known internationally for her starring role in Maren Ade's 2016 comedy Toni Erdmann, for which she won the European Film Award for Best Actress. She has received six nominations for the German Film Award and won three times. Hüller has starred in German, Austrian, American, British and French films. In 2023, Hüller starred in two award-winning films that premiered in the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival: the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet, which won the Palme d’Or, and Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest, which won the Grand Prix. Both films were nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards and Hüller earned a Best Actress nomination for her role in Anatomy of a Fall.