Lauren German

Lauren German (born November 29, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Chloe Decker in the urban fantasy comedy-drama series Lucifer (2016–2021). Her other roles include the romantic drama film A Walk to Remember (2002) and the horror films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Hostel: Part II (2007), as well as Lori Weston in the second season of Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2012) and Leslie Shay on Chicago Fire (2012–2014).

Lauren German
German in July 2015
Born	(1978-11-29) November 29, 1978 (age 46)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present

Early life

Lauren German was born November 29, 1978.^[1] Her father Richard is a vascular surgeon.^[2] Her paternal grandmother was English, while her paternal grandfather was Dutch.^[3] She attended Los Alamitos High School and Orange County High School of the Arts, then enrolled at the University of Southern California to study anthropology.^[4]

Career

German's first work was on stage in Peter Pan and Oliver. She made her feature film debut in the 2000 romantic comedy Down to You, where she had a small role as a lovestruck woman. German appeared in a pictorial for Maxim magazine's January 2002 issue and was placed as #47 in Maxim's "Hot 100 of 2002" list.^[5]

In 2002, German co-starred in the romantic drama A Walk to Remember with Shane West and Mandy Moore, based on Nicholas Sparks' 1999 novel of the same name. She played Belinda, a popular but mean-spirited high school girl who harbors unrequited love for Landon Carter (West).^[6] She then appeared in the crime/horror film Dead Above Ground, the drama A Midsummer Night's Rave,^[7] and the TV movie The Lone Ranger. In 2003, she auditioned to star in the remake of the classic 1974 horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the role went to Jessica Biel, and German won the role of the hitchhiker.^[8]

German co-starred in the crime drama Born Killers (2005), the thriller Rx (2005), the romantic comedy Standing Still (2005),^[9] and the drama It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007). She also starred in the musical drama What We Do Is Secret with Shane West again, based on a true story.^[6] West played original Germs singer and German played The Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle.^[6]

She starred in the horror film Hostel: Part II.^[6][10] and the apocalypse thriller The Divide.^[11] She starred in the second season of the CBS police drama Hawaii Five-0^[12] as DHS agent Lori Weston from 2011 to 2012.^[6] From 2012 to 2014, she starred as paramedic Leslie Shay in the NBC drama Chicago Fire.^[6] When her character was killed, her character's name was printed on the door of the ambulance in which she rode, as a memorial. She graced the cover of TV Guide magazine with her Chicago Fire co-stars on November 18, 2013.^[13]

German landed her most prominent role in 2016 as detective Chloe Decker in the Fox and later the Netflix urban fantasy comedy-drama series Lucifer (2016–2021) her character served as the love interest to the titular and reckless Lucifer Morningstar. ^[14][15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Down to You	Lovestruck woman
2002	A Walk to Remember	Belinda
	Dead Above Ground	Darcy Peters
	A Midsummer Night's Rave	Elena
2003	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Suicidal girl
2005	Rx	Melissa	aka Simple Lies
	Standing Still	Jennifer
	Born Killers	Gertle
2007	It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.	Ruth
	Spin	Cassie
	Love and Mary	Mary
	Hostel: Part II	Beth Salinger
	What We Do Is Secret	Belinda Carlisle
2008	Mating Dance	Abby
2009	Made for Each Other	Catherine
	Dark Country	Gina
2011	The Divide	Eva

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Undressed	Kimmy	TV series
2001	Shotgun Love Dolls	Beth	TV movie
	7th Heaven	Marie	Episode: "Apologize"
2002	Going to California	Tiffany	Episode: "A Little Hard in the Big Easy"
2003	The Lone Ranger	Emily Landry	TV movie
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Rose	Main role
2006	Surrender, Dorothy	Maddy	TV movie
2010	Happy Town	Henley Boone / Chloe	Main role
2011	Human Target	Angie Anderson	Episode: "Kill Bob"
	Memphis Beat	Kaylee Slater	Episodes: "Identity Crisis", "The Feud"
2011–2012	Hawaii Five-0	Lauren "Lori" Weston	Main role (season 2)
2012–2014	Chicago Fire	Leslie Shay	Main role (seasons 1–2)
2014	Chicago P.D.		Guest role (2 episodes)
2016–2021	Lucifer	Chloe Decker	Main role

References

1. Rose, Mike (November 29, 2023). "Famous birthdays list for November 29, 2023 includes celebrities Don Cheadle, Gemma Chan". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
2. Bendix, Trish (July 25, 2015). "Lauren German on playing lesbian EMT Leslie Shay on 'Chicago Fire'". After Ellen. Archived from the original on May 10, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
3. Rice, Lilyanne (September 15, 2019). "The truth about Lauren German". StylesRant. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
4. Collar, Cammila (2016). "Lauren German Biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
5. "2002 Hot 100 List". Maxim. Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
6. Renae, Kirstie. "THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'A Walk to Remember' 18 years later". Insider. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
7. Leydon, Joe (2003-04-30). "A Midsummer Night's Rave". Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
8. King, Randall (12 May 2010). "It's far from quiet on the set as film production roars to life". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
9. Catsoulis, Jeannette (2006-04-21). "'Standing Still': The Inertia of Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
10. "First Ever Image from Xavier Gens' 'The Divide'! – Bloody Disgusting". bloody-disgusting.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
11. Moore, Debi (16 September 2012). "Image Gallery for Grimm Episode 2.05 – The Good Shepherd". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
12. Gordon, Mike (15 July 2011). "Lauren German Five-O". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. 39. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019 – via newspapers.com.
13. "The Heat Is On! Inside Chicago Fire's scorching new season". tvguidemagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
14. Andreeva, Nellie (March 10, 2015). "Lauren German To Co-Star In 'Lucifer'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
15. Cordero, Rosy (July 24, 2021). "'Lucifer' Sets Season 6 Return To Netflix At Comic-Con@Home". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

External links

• Lauren German at IMDb