Alexandra Maria Lara was born on November 12, 1978 in Bucharest, Romania. She is a German/Romanian actress.

By the age of 16 she was already playing lead roles in various television dramas. Since then her career has developed and she has become a respected film actress.

Her most famous role to date, which has resulted in international recognition, is as Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler's secretary in the Oscar Nominated 2004 film Der Untergang.

She also starred in Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth (2007) and The Dust of Time, opposite Harvey Keitel and Bruno Ganz.

Filmography

• Baader-Meinhof Komplex, Der (2008)
• City of Your Final Destination (2007)
• Youth Without Youth (2007)
• "The Company" (2007)
• Control (2007)
• I Really Hate My Job (2007)
• Wo ist Fred? (2006)
• Offset (2006)
• Fischer und seine Frau, Der (2005)
• Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe (2005)
• Cowgirl (2004)
• Untergang, Der (2004)
• Leise Krieger (2004)
• "Wunschbaum, Der" (2004)
• Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone (2003)
• Doctor Zhivago (2002)
• "Napoléon" (2002)
• Nackt (2002)
• Schleudertrauma (2002)
• Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002)
• Liebe und Verrat (2002)
• 99 Euro Films (2002)
• Leo und Claire (2001)
• Honolulu (2001)
• Tunnel, Der (2001)
• Luftpiraten - 113 Passagiere in Todesangst (2000)
• Crazy (2000)
• Fisimatenten (2000)
• "Kommissarin, Die" (1 episode, 2000)
• Vertrauen ist alles (2000)
• Südsee, eigene Insel (1999)
• "Sperling" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Polizeiruf 110" (1 episode, 1999)
• Bubi Scholz Story, Die (1998)
• "Tatort" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Faust" (1 episode, 1997)
• Vorsprechen, Das (1997)
• Mädchenfalle - Der Tod kommt online, Die (1997)
• "Mensch, Pia!" (10 episodes, 1996)
• Ich begehre dich (1995)
• "Stella Stellaris" (1994)