Overview

• At Filmfest München Anderson received the non-monetary CineMerit Award in recognition of her versatile career across film, television and literature.
• In her acceptance speech she said she sometimes feels like “a bit of a hermit” and voiced surprise at the audience’s attention.
• Festival leaders praised her energy, versatility and transformative performances in projects including The X-Files, Sex Education and The Crown.
• She then introduced the German premiere of Der Salzpfad, a film based on Raynor Winn’s memoir that follows a couple on a 1,000-kilometre coastal trek, co-stars Jason Isaacs and is set for release in Germany on July 17.
• Anderson arrived at the Deutsches Theater via a back entrance and spent time signing autographs and posing for selfies with waiting fans.