Sandra Hüller nominated twice for European Film Award best actress, Hanns Zischler in best actor

Two nominations in one category

Sandra Hüller has been nominated twice for best actress at the European Film Awards, the European Film Academy announced from Thessaloniki, Greece. The 48-year-old is in contention for her roles in the dramas "Vaterland" and "Rose". Two nominations in the same category are rare at film awards. Other best actress contenders include Penélope Cruz for "Bunker" and Renate Reinsve for "Fjord".

The roles

In "Rose", directed by Markus Schleinzer, Hüller plays a woman who poses as a man in the 17th century and rebels against social constraints. In "Vaterland", directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, she plays Erika Mann, who travels with her father Thomas Mann through divided postwar Germany in 1949. Hanns Zischler plays Thomas Mann and is nominated for best European actor for that role. The actor category also includes Sebastian Stan for "Fjord" and Andrew Scott for "Elsinore".

Previous wins and the ceremony

Hüller has already won the award twice, for "Anatomie eines Falls" in 2023 and for "Toni Erdmann" in 2016. In 2023 she was also nominated twice, for "Anatomie eines Falls" and for her role in "The Zone of Interest". The award alternates between Berlin and another European city, and this year's gala takes place on 16 January 2027 in Athens. The nominations were announced two months before the ceremony. At the last ceremony, Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value" won best film.