Career
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.
Due to her convincing performance in Der Untergang, Francis Ford Coppola wrote her a letter and gave her a leading role in Youth Without Youth (2007).
She plays a lead role in Greek director Theo Angelopoulos's 2007 film The Dust of Time, opposite Harvey Keitel and Bruno Ganz.
Also in 2007, she appeared as journalist Annik Honoré in the film Control, the Ian Curtis biopic. In 2008, she served as a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury.
More about Alexandra Maria Lara (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Born in Bucharest, Lara is the only child of Valentin Plătăreanu, a Bucharest actor, and his wife, Doina, a homemaker. At the age of four (in 1983) her family decided to flee read more...
Career
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 read more...
Alexandra Maria Lara (born Alexandra Plătăreanu on November 12, 1978) is a Romanian-German actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and read more...