Alexandra Maria Lara (née Plătăreanu ; 12 November 1978)[1] Romanian-German actress who has appeared in Downfall Control Youth Without Youth The Reader Rush Geostorm [2]
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Alexandra Maria Lara
Lara in 2020
Born Alexandra Maria Plătăreanu
(1978-11-12 ) 12 November 1978 (age 45) Occupation Actress Years active 1994–present Spouse
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Born in Bucharest , Lara is the only child of Valentin Plătăreanu , an actor, and his wife, Doina. Her father was a successful actor and director in Romania , directing many plays such as Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Hernani by Victor Hugo .
In 1983, her family emigrated to West Germany from their home in Bucharest, Romania . Although the family had originally planned to emigrate to Canada, they settled in Freiburg im Breisgau , before eventually moving to West Berlin . She gained fluency in German during this time.
By sixteen she was playing lead roles in various television dramas;[ clarification needed ] Traudl Junge , Adolf Hitler 's secretary, in the Academy Award -nominated 2004 film Downfall Francis Ford Coppola wrote her a letter and gave her a leading role in Youth Without Youth
In 2007 she also appeared as Belgian journalist Annik Honoré in the biopic Control Cannes Film Festival jury. She has also appeared in several French productions, including Napoléon L'Affaire Farewell The Reader Der Baader Meinhof Komplex nominated for the 81st Academy Awards for best picture and best foreign language film respectively.
In 2018 Lara starred with her husband, Sam Riley , in Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Ben Wheatley , playing his German girlfriend.[3]
Alongside Florian Gallenberger Lara has been serving as president of the Deutsche Filmakademie since 2022.[4]
Lara with husband Sam Riley at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 20 February 2020 In August 2009 Lara married English actor Sam Riley , with whom she had acted in the films Control Suite Française [5] [6] [7] Ben Wheatley 's drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Stella Stellaris (1994, TV miniseries)I Desire You (1995), as Mädchen am BahnhofMensch, Pia! breakthrough role ), as Pia MangoldFaust [ de ] Das Vorsprechen (1997, Short), as Junge SchauspielerinGirl's Trap – Death Comes Online [ de ] Tatort : FürstenschülerThe Bubi Scholz Story [ de ] Polizeiruf 110 : SumpfSperling (Sperling und der falsche Freund) (1999, TV series episode)Our Island in the South Pacific (1999), as SandraVertrauen ist alles (2000, TV film), as Jennifer BlankenburgLady Cop (ep. Die Geliebte des Killers)Just Messing About (2000), as HannaCrazy Force Majeure (2000, TV film), as NicoletteThe Tunnel Honolulu (2001), as Cleonise99 Euro Films (2001) (segment "Privat")Leo & Claire Liebe und Verrat (2002, TV film), as Marie IrimiaIf It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer Schleudertrauma (2002, TV film), as DoreenNaked Napoléon Marie Walewska Doctor Zhivago Trenck [ de ] Amélie (Anna Amalia) The Wishing Tree [ de ] Leise Krieger (2004, Short), as NoraDownfall Oliver Hirschbiegel ), as Traudl Junge Cowgirl (2004), as Johanna 'Paula' Jakobi / Murderous Lady im Film NoirAbout the Looking for and the Finding of Love [ de ] The Fisherman and His Wife [ de ] Offset Where Is Fred? The Company Control Anton Corbijn ), as Annik HonoreI Really Hate My Job Youth Without Youth Francis Ford Coppola ), as Veronica / Laura / RupiniMiracle at St. Anna Spike Lee ), as Axis SallyThe Baader Meinhof Complex Uli Edel ), as Petra SchelmThe Reader Stephen Daldry ), as Young Ilana MatherKaifeck Murder [ de ] The City of Your Final Destination James Ivory ), as Deirdre RothemundFarewell City of Life The Nazi Officer's Wife A Distant Neighborhood Sam Garbarski ), as Anna VerniazSmall World Woman in Love [ de ] Detlev Buck ), as SarahLullaby Ride [ de ] Imagine Andrzej Jakimowski ), as EvaMove On (2012), as Lena Rush Ron Howard ), as Marlene LaudaSuite Française Saul Dibb ), as LeahThe Most Beautiful Day Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt (2016), as Sharon SchalldämpferSing Garth Jennings ), as Rosita (German dubbing , originally performed by Reese Witherspoon )Vier gegen die Bank Wolfgang Petersen ), as FreddieGeostorm Dean Devlin ), as Ute Fassbinder25 km/h Sealed Lips [ de ] Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Ben Wheatley ), as HannahThe Collini Case Marco Kreuzpaintner ), as JohannaBørning 3: Asphalt Burning (2020), as RobinThe King's Man Matthew Vaughn ), as Emily OxfordThe Sitting Duck Jean-Paul Salomé ), as Julie
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