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name: "Nina Hoss"
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born: "7 July 1975"
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# Nina Hoss

Actor. Born 7 July 1975 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 July 1975, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 2 Berlin prizes (2 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hoss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/681

## Coming up

- *National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona* (2026-09-23), as Electra (Elisabeth) / Clytemnestra (Alma)
- *Die andere Seite* (2026-10-22), as Hanna

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*TÁR*](https://film.one/film/tar.md) (84)

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## Fi1m on Nina Hoss

> Nina Hoss acts by watching. She stands at the edge of a scene, says little, and lets us see her decide what she can afford to know. Six films with Christian Petzold built the method; *TÁR* showed an English-speaking audience what it can do.

In *TÁR* (2022) Nina Hoss plays Sharon Goodnow, the orchestra's first violin and the conductor's wife, and she spends most of the film looking at other people. She watches Lydia from the strings, from the bed, from a doorway when Lydia comes home late. Sharon is the one person who knows exactly what Lydia is, and Hoss lets us see her working out how much of it she can afford to know. Hoss has said she preferred to think of Sharon not as the betrayed wife but as "someone who helps keep the power system intact", and that is what she plays: a partner in the arrangement, not its casualty.

She started early, in radio plays at seven and on stage at fourteen, and the film career began in 1996 with the title role in *A Girl Called Rosemary*. The work she is known for began in 2001, when she started making films with Christian Petzold, and ran through six of them to *Phoenix* (2014). *Yella* (2007) is a corporate ghost story; *Barbara* (2012) has her as a doctor under Stasi surveillance in the GDR; *Phoenix* is about a Holocaust survivor. Ronald Zehrfeld played opposite her three times. These are films about German history and what came after unification, and they are lean, because Petzold learned he could cut the explanation and leave Hoss to carry it.

She has said she avoids melodramatic acting at all costs, and it is true; we have never caught her raising her voice to make a point. The method suits people who have something to hide or something they cannot bear to say, and it works best when a film gives her a room to be quiet in and a reason to be quiet. *TÁR* does. We found the doorway scenes harder to sit through than any of Lydia's outbursts, because Hoss shows us a woman doing sums, weighing what she stands to lose against what she already knows, and arriving at the same answer every time. Nothing is said. Everything is decided.

The reservation is the obvious one. The parts have run to the cool and the opaque, and a whole career of women keeping their faces still is a narrow way to spend one, however well it is done. *Homeland* (2014–2017) widened the audience; the persona travelled intact. *Hedda* (2025) is reported to let her be showier, and we have yet to review it. We would like to see what she does with permission to be loud.

Start with *TÁR*. Then go back to the Petzold films and notice how much of each one happens on her face while somebody else is talking.

## Biography

Nina Hoss is a German actress. She was born on 7 July 1975 in Stuttgart and trained at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, graduating in 1997.

She is known for her long collaboration with director Christian Petzold, appearing in films including *Wolfsburg* (2003), *Yella* (2007), *Barbara* (2012) and *Phoenix* (2014). Her performance in *Yella* brought her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007. Other notable roles include appearances in *A Most Wanted Man* (2014), the television series *Homeland* and *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan*, and as Sharon Goodnow in *TÁR* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *TÁR* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Sharon Goodnow — [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Die andere Seite* (2026), as Hanna
- *National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona* (2026), as Electra (Elisabeth) / Clytemnestra (Alma)
- *The Julia Set* (2026), Actor
- *Grönemeyer – Alles bleibt anders* (2026), Actor
- *Hedda* (2025), as Eileen Lovborg
- *Cicadas* (2025), as Isabell
- *Foreign Language* (2024), as Susanne
- *Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World* (2023), as Doris Goethe
- *For Ever* (2023), Actor
- *The Fundraiser* (2023), as Sharon Goodnow
- *Trained to See – Three Women and the War* (2022), as Martha Gellhorn (voice)
- *TÁR* (2022), as Sharon Goodnow — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *The Contractor* (2022), as Katia
- *Shadowplay* (2020), series, as Elsie Garten
- *Pelican Blood* (2020), as Wiebke
- *My Little Sister* (2020), as Lisa
- *One Day at the Sea* (2020), as Agatha
- *The Audition* (2019), as Anna Bronsky
- *Criminal: Germany* (2019), series, as Claudia Hartmann
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), series, as Alena Kovac
- *Return to Montauk* (2017), as Rebecca
- *Geschichte einer Liebe – Freya* (2017), as Freya von Moltke
- *Bella Figura* (2015), as Andrea
- *Baden-Württemberg von oben* (2015), as Erzähler
- *Kinder der Sonne* (2015), as Jelena Nikolajewna
- *Phoenix* (2014), as Nelly Lenz
- *A Most Wanted Man* (2014), as Irna Frey
- *Hedda Gabler* (2013), Actor
- *Gold* (2013), as Emily Meyer
- *Barbara* (2012), as Barbara
- *Summer Window* (2011), as Juliane Kreisler
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Astrid — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Jedermann Remixed* (2011), as Buhlschaft (archive footage)
- *Die Kulturakte* (2011), series, as Stimme
- *The Kleist File* (2011), as Narrator
- *We Are the Night* (2010), as Louise
- *A Woman in Berlin* (2008), as Anonyma
- *Jerichow* (2008), as Laura
- *The Anarchist's Wife* (2008), as Lenin
- *The Heart Is a Dark Forest* (2007), as Marie
- *Yella* (2007), as Yella Fichte
- *Hannah* (2007), as Hannah Morgan
- *The Elementary Particles* (2006), as Jane
- *The White Masai* (2005), as Carola Lehmann
- *Wolfsburg* (2003), as Laura Reiser
- *Epsteins Nacht* (2002), as Paula
- *Bloch* (2002), series, as Lilly
- *Naked* (2002), as Charlotte
- *Something to Remind Me* (2002), as Leyla
- *Emilia Galotti* (2002), as Countess Orsina
- *Selbstbeschreibung* (2001), as Claudia
- *Die Geiseln von Costa Rica* (2000), as Kiki
- *The Volcano* (1999), as Marion von Kammer
- *Love Your Female Neighbor!* (1998), as Liz
- *Rider of the Flames* (1998), Actor
- *A Girl Called Rosemarie* (1996), as Rosemarie Nitribitt
- *And Nobody Weeps For Me* (1996), as Marilli Kosemund
- *Rivo Alto*, Actor
- *Au nom du père*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Nina Hoss](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-c68a2bc2e673.jpg) Nina Hoss — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Nina_Hoss_at_Berlinale_2024_-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nina Hoss presenting the movie Tár at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-4c562e22df17.jpg) Nina Hoss presenting the movie Tár at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/MKr26685_Nina_Hoss_%28T%C3%A1r%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr26685_Nina_Hoss_%28T%C3%A1r%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Hoss at Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-1a0ca9ebf286.jpg) Nina Hoss at Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/MJK_68278_Nina_Hoss_%28Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_68278_Nina_Hoss_%28Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![German Actress Nina Hoss at the Berlin Film Festival 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-5ce706d1fe9f.jpg) German Actress Nina Hoss at the Berlin Film Festival 2013 — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Nina_Hoss_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2013%29.jpg/1280px-Nina_Hoss_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2013%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Hoss](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-1cdf612f3163.jpg) Nina Hoss — Image via TMDB
- ![Nina Hoss](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-886368ca8ec9.jpg) Nina Hoss — Image via TMDB
- ![Nina Hoss](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-76bdda486748.jpg) Nina Hoss — Image via TMDB
- ![Nina Hoss at Diva 2008](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-0561cff58461.jpg) Nina Hoss at Diva 2008 — Klaus Mueller, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/12_Diva2008.JPG/1280px-12_Diva2008.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![German Actress Nina Hoss at the Berlin Film Festival 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-c7b0544a90cd.jpg) German Actress Nina Hoss at the Berlin Film Festival 2013 — Nina_Hoss_(Berlin_Film_Festival_2013).jpg: Siebbi
derivative work: César, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nina_Hoss_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2013%29_cropped.jpg/1280px-Nina_Hoss_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2013%29_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nina Hoss](https://film.one/media/person/1255682/gallery-52821015b25c.jpg) Nina Hoss — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 2 won

- 2007: Best Actress (won), for *Yella*
- 2006: Berliner Bär (won)

### Other awards — 16 won, 2 nominated

- Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2021: Preis der deutschen Filmkritik (won), for *Pelican Blood*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2020: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *My Little Sister*
- Günter Rohrbach film award 2020: Günter Rohrbach film award (won), for *Pelican Blood*
- Silver Shell for Best Actress 2019: Silver Shell for Best Actress (won), for *The Audition*
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2013: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2012: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Barbara*
- Order of Merit of Berlin 2010: Order of Merit of Berlin (won)
- Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg 2009: Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (won)
- DIVA – Deutscher Entertainment Preis 2008: DIVA – Deutscher Entertainment Preis (won)
- German Film Award for Best Actress 2008: German Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Yella*
- Jupiter Awards 2008: Jupiter Awards (won), for *Yella*
- Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting) 2006: Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting) (won), for *The White Masai*
- Eysoldt-Ring 2006: Eysoldt-Ring (won), for *Medea*
- Grimme-Preis 2005: Grimme-Preis (won), for *Wolfsburg*
- Grimme-Preis 2003: Grimme-Preis (won), for *Something to Remind Me*
- Shooting Stars Award 2000: Shooting Stars Award (won)
- DIVA – Deutscher Entertainment Preis 1997: DIVA – Deutscher Entertainment Preis (won)
- Golden Camera Young Talent Award 1996: Golden Camera Young Talent Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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