Early life
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Career
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By sixteen, she was playing lead roles in various television dramas;[clarification needed ] since then, she has appeared in films, including as Traudl Junge , Adolf Hitler 's secretary, in the Academy Award -nominated 2004 film Downfall ; following this, Francis Ford Coppola wrote her a letter and gave her a leading role in Youth Without Youth (2007).
In 2007, she also appeared as Belgian journalist Annik Honoré in the film Control , the Ian Curtis biopic. In 2008, she served as a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury. She has also appeared in several French productions, including Napoléon and L'Affaire Farewell . She appeared in The Reader and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex which were both nominated for the 81st Academy Awards , for best picture and best foreign language film, respectively.
In 2018, Lara starred with her real life husband Sam Riley in Happy New Year, Colin Burstead by Ben Wheatley , playing his German girlfriend.[3]
Alongside Florian Gallenberger , Lara has been serving as president of the Deutsche Filmakademie since 2022.[4]
Personal life
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Filmography
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Stella Stellaris (1994, TV miniseries)
I Desire You (1995), as Mädchen am Bahnhof
Mensch, Pia! (1996, TV series, 10 episodes, breakthrough role ), as Pia Mangold
Faust [de] : Tote weinen nicht (1997, TV series episode), as Laura
Das Vorsprechen (1997, Short), as Junge Schauspielerin
Girl's Trap – Death Comes Online [de] (1998, TV film), as Silke Hartmann
Tatort : Fürstenschüler (1998, TV series episode), as Kerstin
The Bubi Scholz Story [de] (1998, TV film), as Renate - jung
Polizeiruf 110 : Sumpf (1999, TV series episode), as Meike
Sperling (Sperling und der falsche Freund) (1999, TV series episode)
Our Island in the South Pacific (1999), as Sandra
Vertrauen ist alles (2000, TV film), as Jennifer Blankenburg
Lady Cop (ep. Die Geliebte des Killers) (2000, TV series episode), as Sabine Sasse
Fisimatenten (2000), as Hanna
Crazy (2000), as Melanie
Force Majeure (2000, TV film), as Nicolette
The Tunnel (2001, TV film), as Charlotte 'Lotte' Lohmann
Honolulu (2001), as Cleonise
99 Euro Films (2001) (segment "Privat")
Leo & Claire (2001), as Käthe Katzenberger
Liebe und Verrat (2002, TV film), as Marie Irimia
If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer (2002), as Astrid
Schleudertrauma (2002, TV film), as Doreen
Naked (2002), as Annette
Napoléon (2002, TV miniseries), as Comtesse Marie Walewska
Doctor Zhivago (2002, TV miniseries), as Tonya Gromyko Zhivago
Trenck [de] (2002, TV film), as Princess Amélie (Anna Amalia)
The Wishing Tree [de] (2004, TV miniseries), as Camilla Senger, geb. Hofmann
Leise Krieger (2004, Short), as Nora
Downfall (2004, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel ), as Traudl Junge
Cowgirl (2004), as Johanna 'Paula' Jakobi / Murderous Lady im Film Noir
About the Looking for and the Finding of Love [de] (2005), as Venus Morgenstern
The Fisherman and His Wife [de] (2005), as Ida
Offset (2006), as Brindusa Herghelegiu
Where Is Fred? (2006), as Denise Poppnick
The Company (2007, TV miniseries), as Lili
Control (2007, directed by Anton Corbijn ), as Annik Honore
I Really Hate My Job (2007), as Suzie
Youth Without Youth (2007, directed by Francis Ford Coppola ), as Veronica / Laura / Rupini
Miracle at St. Anna (2008, directed by Spike Lee ), as Axis Sally
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008, directed by Uli Edel ), as Petra Schelm
The Reader (2008, directed by Stephen Daldry ), as Young Ilana Mather
Kaifeck Murder [de] (2009), as Juliana Lukas
The City of Your Final Destination (2009, directed by James Ivory ), as Deirdre Rothemund
Farewell (2009), as Jessica
City of Life (2009), as Natalia Moldovan
The Nazi Officer's Wife (2010)
A Distant Neighborhood (2010, directed by Sam Garbarski ), as Anna Verniaz
Small World (2010), as Simone Senn
Woman in Love [de] (2011, directed by Detlev Buck ), as Sarah
Lullaby Ride [de] (2012), as Livia
Imagine (2012, directed by Andrzej Jakimowski ), as Eva
Move On (2012), as Lena
Rush (2013, directed by Ron Howard ), as Marlene Lauda
Suite Française (2015, directed by Saul Dibb ), as Leah
The Most Beautiful Day (2016), as Mona
Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt (2016), as Sharon Schalldämpfer
Sing (2016, directed by Garth Jennings ), as Rosita (German dubbing , originally performed by Reese Witherspoon )
Vier gegen die Bank (2016, directed by Wolfgang Petersen ), as Freddie
Geostorm (2017, directed by Dean Devlin ), as Ute Fassbinder
25 km/h (2018, directed by Marcus Goller), as Ingrid
Sealed Lips [de] (2018), as Antonia Berger
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018, directed by Ben Wheatley ), as Hannah
The Collini Case (2019, directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner ), as Johanna
Børning 3: Asphalt Burning (2020), as Robin
The King's Man (2021, directed by Matthew Vaughn ), as Emily Oxford
The Sitting Duck (2022, directed by Jean-Paul Salomé ), as Julie
References
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^ "Alexandra Maria Lara BIO". imaginethefilm.org. Retrieved 29 September 2013 .
^ Alexandra Maria Lara at IMDb
^ "Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) - IMDb".
^ Bert Rebhandl (21 June 2022), Deutsche Filmakademie: Es ist schlimmer, als man sieht Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .
^ "Sam Riley is married to Alexandra Maria Lara". Zimbio . Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011 .
^ "Sam Riley's wife pregnant | Showbiz | News | Daily Express". Express.co.uk. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
^ "Alexandra Maria Lara: Baby-Geschlecht bekannt!". Promiflash.de. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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Official website (in German)
Alexandra Maria Lara at IMDb
2005 interview on cineastentreff.de (in German)