The Zone of Interest is one of two movies that the brilliant German actress Sandra Hüller, 45, has in Oscar contention this season.
She is also nominated for best actress for Anatomy of a Murder, a French courtroom thriller vying for best picture and best director (Justine Triet).
In the film, Hüller plays an author who’s charged with her husband’s murder after he suspiciously plunges from their chalet balcony.
“It’s really rare to have multidimensional woman character these days,” Hüller says of her Anatomy role. “I like so many things about her: the way she stands up for herself and how she is unapologetic about her choices.”
Hüller has been promoting for months “Anatomy” and “Zone,” which both won top prizes at Cannes Film Fest in France last May. Despite grueling travel schedule, she’s grateful that they’ve each been embraced so immensely.
“Women tend to say, ‘I was very lucky,’ because they tend to underestimate their own work,” Hüller says. “I know that I did really good work. I also know that I was very lucky. But no one could have known that both films would be finished at the same time and enter into competition at Cannes.”
