Sandra Hüller (German: born April 30, 1978) 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.
Hüller was born in Suhl, East Germany. She studied theater from 1996 to 2000 at the Hochschule Für Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch,” in 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.
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