Helena Zengel: Young actress can also win SAG Award

Helena Zengel
Young actress can also win SAG Award

Helena Zengel can possibly secure two coveted film awards

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As with the Golden Globes, the German Helena Zengel is also nominated for the SAG Awards of the US actors' union.

Helena Zengel (12), known from "Systemsprenger", is the next German star in the sky of the dream factory. After she was nominated for a Golden Globe on February 3rd for her role in "News of the World", a drama in which she can be seen alongside Tom Hanks (64) She can now also hope for a Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG Award).

That's the competition

On December 4th, the American Actors Union nominated the twelve-year-old in the category "Best Supporting Actress in a Film". The young actress has to fight against Glen Close (73, "Hillbilly Elegy"), Olivia Colman (47, "The Father"), Youn Yuh-jung (73, "Minari") and Maria Bakalowa (24, "Borat 2") ) to prove. Due to the corona pandemic, the Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place later than usual in 2021. The awards, which are often seen as harbingers of the Oscars, will be presented on April 4th.

At the Golden Globes, which will be awarded on February 28, there is also another German hope. "Unorthodox" by Maria Schrader (55) is also nominated as the best mini-series there, but has to prevail against "The Undoing", "Small Ax", "Normal People" and "Das Damengambit". In addition, the Israeli actress Shira Haas (25) can be voted best actress for "Unorthodox", but the competition is also here with Cate Blanchett (51, "Mrs. America"), Nicole Kidman (53, "The Undoing"), Anya Taylor-Joy (24, "The Queen's Gambit") and Daisy Edgar-Jones (22, "Normal People") great.

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