The German actress sat down with THR's executive editor of awards, Scott Feinberg, for an exclusive recording of the 'Awards Chatter' podcast at Cannes' Campari Lounge.
It’s hard to imagine anyone could have a better year than Sandra Hüller did in 2023. The German actress starred in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest — two best picture Oscar nominees that would catapult her to international fame.
But Hüller’s 2026 might just be giving that year a run for its money. In February, she was awarded the Berlinale’s best actress prize for her performance in Rose. March brought the release of Project Hail Mary, opposite Ryan Gosling, which has become one of the most critically and commercially acclaimed films of the year so far. She’s here in Cannes with Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland, in which she pulls off a stunning performance as the daughter of Thomas Mann, and in October will share the screen with Tom Cruise in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger.
Indeed, Hüller is reaping the rewards of 2023 — a year that caught her the attention of Hollywood — and dove into it all in an exclusive conversation Friday morning with The Hollywood Reporter’s executive awards editor Scott Feinberg for his award-winning podcast, Awards Chatter, at the Palais’ Campari Lounge in Cannes. The scene was set with floor-to-ceiling Campari bottles and glimmering red mirrors.
