---
name: "Sandra Hüller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandra-huller"
fi1m_id: "sandra-huller"
imdb_id: "nm1197689"
tmdb_id: 7152
wikidata_id: "Q70003"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 April 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-02T21:50:40.134663+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sandra Hüller

## Identity

Sandra Hüller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sandra-huller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sandra-huller
- **IMDb ID:** nm1197689
- **TMDB ID:** 7152
- **Wikidata ID:** Q70003
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_H%C3%BCller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1197689/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7152

Actor. Born 30 April 1978 in Suhl, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 April 1978, Suhl, Germany
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 2 BAFTAs (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 78 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 78 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 6 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, History 3, Comedy 2, War 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $773m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_H%C3%BCller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1197689/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7152

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Zone of Interest*](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md) (91)
- **Netflix:** [*Anatomy of a Fall*](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md) (86)
- **Apple TV:** [*Project Hail Mary*](https://film.one/film/project-hail-mary.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Sandra Hüller

> Sandra Hüller makes thinking and working absorbing to watch, without asking us to like the woman doing either. We rate her highly, especially with directors who let a face remain difficult to read.

In *Toni Erdmann* (2016), Sandra Hüller's Ines has work to do and a father who will not let her get on with it. Hüller makes us watch Ines concentrating, trying to establish whether her impatience comes from the job or the interruption. Maren Ade takes that job seriously, while Peter Simonischek makes the father's interference affectionate enough to complicate our irritation. We laughed, then felt protective of Ines, because she had to carry on working through the embarrassment he caused. Hüller lets us understand why Ines is angry without making her father merely a nuisance.

Her early work in *Requiem* (2006) drew on physical intensity; the international breakthrough came with Ade's comedy. In *Anatomy of a Fall* (2023), Justine Triet builds a courtroom drama around our inability to read her. Her novelist, Sandra Voyter, speaks English at home but must use imperfect French in court, where each hesitation counts against her. Hüller does not arrange her face to reassure us that Sandra is grieving properly, or that we should believe her. Triet gives her time to remain difficult, although the film could lose ten minutes without damaging that performance.

Jonathan Glazer asks something colder of her in *The Zone of Interest* (2023). As Hedwig Höss, she has a garden, a greenhouse, servants and a fur coat, and is pleased with what she has. Hüller plays that pleasure without softening it or pausing to signal her own disapproval. The house and garden stay on screen while the camp is heard beyond them. Her settled happiness is horrible to watch; Glazer needs no sinister mannerism from her to make the domestic scenes frightening.

The smaller part of Eva Stratt in *Project Hail Mary* (2026) gives her authority and too little else. She is good company as the woman assembling a mission to investigate the dimming sun, having long since stopped apologising. Yet Joel Negron's repeated cuts to Earth turn her scenes into information the film needs to deliver, and interrupt its warmer pleasures. Stratt's use of power deserves more attention than the film gives it. Start with *Toni Erdmann* or *Anatomy of a Fall*; save the space mission for an evening when she need not be the main attraction.

## Biography

Sandra Hüller is a German actress. She was born on 30 April 1978 in Suhl and studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.

She first gained wider attention for her role as Anneliese Michel in *Requiem* (2006). Hüller is known for her performance as Ines in *Toni Erdmann* (2016). In 2023 she appeared as Sandra Voyter in *Anatomy of a Fall* and as Hedwig Höss in *The Zone of Interest*. She plays Eva Stratt in the 2026 film *Project Hail Mary*.

Hüller has received two European Film Awards, a César Award and three German Film Awards. She has been nominated for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, movieweb.com, people.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Digger* (2026), Fi1m 52, as Emma — [page](https://film.one/film/digger.md)
- *Fatherland* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Erika Mann — [page](https://film.one/film/fatherland.md)
- *Project Hail Mary* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Eva Stratt — [page](https://film.one/film/project-hail-mary.md)
- *Rose* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/rose.md)
- *Anatomy of a Fall* (2023), Fi1m 86, as Sandra Voyter — [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md)
- *The Zone of Interest* (2023), Fi1m 91, as Hedwig Höss — [page](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md)
- *Toni Erdmann* (2016), Fi1m 86, as Ines — [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Digger* (2026), as Emma — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/digger.md)
- *Fatherland* (2026), as Erika Mann — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/fatherland.md)
- *Rose* (2026), as Rose — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rose.md)
- *Underland* (2026), as Narrator (voice)
- *Project Hail Mary* (2026), as Eva Stratt — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/project-hail-mary.md)
- *Curtains* (2026), Actor
- *Zeit Verbrechen* (2024), series, Actor
- *Two to One* (2024), as Maren
- *The Zone of Interest* (2023), as Hedwig Höss — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md)
- *Anatomy of a Fall* (2023), as Sandra Voyter — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-fall.md)
- *Sisi & I* (2023), as Irma Sztáray
- *Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed* (2022), as (voice)
- *Talking About the Weather* (2022), as Hanna
- *Munich - The Edge of War* (2021), as Helen Winter
- *The Black Square* (2021), as Martha
- *I'm Your Man* (2021), as Employee
- *Sleep* (2020), as Marlene
- *Exile* (2020), as Nora
- *Hamlet* (2020), as Hamlet
- *Proxima* (2019), as Wendy Hauer
- *Sibyl* (2019), as Mika
- *25 km/h* (2018), as Tanja
- *In the Aisles* (2018), as Marion
- *Suck Me Shakespeer 3* (2017), as Biggi Enzberger
- *Toni Erdmann* (2016), as Ines — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md)
- *Amour Fou* (2014), as Marie
- *Lose My Self* (2014), as Frauke
- *Pinocchio* (2013), series, as Füchsin (Fox)
- *Pinocchio* (2013), as Füchsin
- *Finsterworld* (2013), as Franziska Feldenhoven
- *Strings* (2012), as Mother
- *Crime Scene Cleaner* (2011), series, as Silke Hansen
- *Above Us Only Sky* (2011), as Martha Sabel
- *Brownian Movement* (2010), as Charlotte
- *Aghet* (2010), as Tacy Atkinson
- *Henri 4* (2010), as Catherine
- *Fräulein Stinnes fährt um die Welt* (2009), as Clärenore Stinnes
- *Roentgen* (2009), as Charlotte
- *Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation* (2009), as Ulrike Meinhof (segment "Die Unvollendete")
- *Fly* (2009), Actor
- *A Woman in Berlin* (2008), as Steffi
- *The Architect* (2008), as Reh Winter
- *Madonnas* (2007), as Rita
- *Der Kriminalist* (2006), series, as Conny Lojewski
- *Requiem* (2006), as Michaela Klingler
- *Nicht auf den Mund* (1999), as Daisy
- *Midsommar Stories* (1999), as Beatrice (segment "Sabotage")
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Karen Wagner
- *True-ish*, as Janet Paine
- *Arbeit und Struktur*, as Wolfgang

## Gallery

- ![Sandra Hüller](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-59262e2f28db.jpg) Sandra Hüller — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/MKr23529_Sandra_H%C3%BCller_%28Sisi_%26_Ich%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr23529_Sandra_H%C3%BCller_%28Sisi_%26_Ich%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-a17ef003df94.jpg) Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%281_of_8%29_%2853327939769%29.jpg/1280px-AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%281_of_8%29_%2853327939769%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-b0be6e9e5251.jpg) Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%282_of_8%29_%2853327815993%29.jpg/1280px-AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%282_of_8%29_%2853327815993%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-0087e9437d22.jpg) Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%283_of_8%29_%2853326721102%29.jpg/1280px-AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%283_of_8%29_%2853326721102%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sandra Hüller](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-dde94636eba0.jpg) Sandra Hüller — Image via TMDB
- ![Sandra Hüller](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-ae4cfec3ac37.jpg) Sandra Hüller — Image via TMDB
- ![Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-95d71c442bb1.jpg) Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%284_of_8%29_%2853327815958%29.jpg/1280px-AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%284_of_8%29_%2853327815958%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023](https://film.one/media/person/631/gallery-d32a313532da.jpg) Anatomy Of A Fall Q&A with Justine Triet and Sandra Huller - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 1st November 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%285_of_8%29_%2853328050385%29.jpg/1280px-AnatomyOfFallPicCent011123_%285_of_8%29_%2853328050385%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Actress (nominated), for *Anatomy of a Fall*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won

- 2024: Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Anatomy of a Fall*
- 2024: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Zone of Interest*

### Berlin International Film Festival — 3 won

- 2026: Best Actress (won)
- 2026: Best Leading Performance (won)
- 2006: Best Actress (won), for *Requiem*

### Other awards — 23 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Actress 2024: César Award for Best Actress (won), for *Anatomy of a Fall*
- Lumière Award for Best Actress 2024: Lumière Award for Best Actress (won), for *Anatomy of a Fall*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2023: European Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Anatomy of a Fall*
- Gilde Film Price 2023: Gilde Film Price (won)
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 2023: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (won), for *The Zone of Interest*
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2023: Officer of Arts and Letters (won), for *Sisi & I*
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2020: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- Schauspieler des Jahres 2020: Schauspieler des Jahres (won)
- Theaterpreis Berlin 2020: Theaterpreis Berlin (won)
- Eysoldt-Ring 2019: Eysoldt-Ring (won)
- Schauspieler des Jahres 2019: Schauspieler des Jahres (won), for *Penthesilea*
- Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting) 2017: Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting) (won), for *Toni Erdmann*
- German Film Award for Best Actress 2017: German Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Toni Erdmann*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2016: European Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Toni Erdmann*
- German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 2014: German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Finsterworld*
- 3sat-Preis 2013: 3sat-Preis (won)
- Schauspieler des Jahres 2013: Schauspieler des Jahres (won)
- Schauspieler des Jahres 2010: Schauspieler des Jahres (won)
- Ulrich Wildgruber Award 2009: Ulrich Wildgruber Award (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2006: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Requiem*
- German Film Award for Best Actress 2006: German Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Requiem*
- Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2006: Preis der deutschen Filmkritik (won)
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award 2006: Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award (won), for *Requiem*
- Bavarian Film Awards 2005: Bavarian Film Awards (won), for *Requiem*

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

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