Sandra Hüller, the German actress best known internationally for Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest, won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival for the film Rose. This guide covers her career with published sources.
Background and training
According to Wikipedia, Hüller was born on 30 April 1978 in Suhl, in what was then East Germany. She studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 1996 and graduated in 2003.
Breakthrough
She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress in Berlin in 2006 for Requiem. Later films include Toni Erdmann in 2016, for which Wikipedia lists a European Film Award for Best Actress, and In the Aisles in 2018.
Related Reading
Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest
In 2023 she appeared in Sisi & I, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest. Wikipedia lists a César Award and a European Film Award for Anatomy of a Fall, plus an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the 96th Academy Awards and a Golden Globe nomination for the same film. She also received BAFTA nominations for Anatomy of a Fall and for The Zone of Interest.
Rose
Rose is directed by Markus Schleinzer. The Berlinale programme page describes a mysterious soldier who arrives in an isolated Protestant village in early 17th-century Germany and claims an abandoned farmstead, and it lists Hüller as Rose. Screen Daily reports she won the Silver Bear for leading performance at the ceremony on February 21 and that the film topped its jury grid.
Recent and upcoming work
Wikipedia lists Project Hail Mary, Fatherland and Digger among her 2026 credits. In Digger, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, she plays Emma Rockwell. Wikipedia also notes a planned cameo in Avengers: Doomsday, which is still in post-production, so treat that as unconfirmed until the studio releases details.
