Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-German actress known for her roles in films such as 'The Reader' and 'Control.' She has built a reputation for her versatility and compelling performances, often portraying complex characters. Her distinct voice and emotional depth make her a notable presence... Read More
Known for
Geostorm (2017)
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control...
Rush (2013)
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
Eat Pray BarkIn this tumultuous comedy, five eccentric dog owners seek help in dealing with their four-legged friends. Their last hope: an... |
Urschi / Ursula | |
| 2026 |
BulkWhen an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far, his brane explodes. That's "brane", not "brain",... |
Aclima Benton | |
| 2024 |
Chantal in FairylandChantal is at the beginning of her career as an influencer when she steps through a mirror and finds herself... |
Queen | |
| 2023 |
La SyndicalisteThe true story of the Irish national Maureen Kearney- head tradeunion representative-turned-whistleblower of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. After denouncing... |
Julie Depret | |
| 2022 |
All Those Things We Never SaidThree days before her wedding, Julia receives a phone call saying her father will not attend the ceremony because he... |
Julia Saurel | |
| 2022 |
Love ThingRed carpet, spotlights, screaming fans, photo- graphers chasing for the best photo, camera teams waiting for interviews - a premiere... |
Bettina Bamberger | |
| 2022 |
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!After oversleeping yet again, Alfons manages to catch the bus to his class trip to the Baltic Sea at the... |
Alfons Mutter | |
| 2021 |
The King's ManAs a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one... |
Emily Oxford | |
| 2021 |
DaughtersMartha and Betty have known each other for twenty years and they have decided to breakthrough. But while Martha realizes... |
Unknown character | |
| 2021 |
The WitnessesWhen 10 year old girl is kidnapped from the natural history museum, the police questions eight key witnesses to uncover... |
Dr. Jasmin Braun | |
| 2020 |
Asphalt BurningThe third and final instalment in the Burnout trilogy. This time, the road leads through Norway, to Sweden, Denmark and... |
Robyn | |
| 2019 |
The Perfect SecretSeven friends - three women and four men - meet for dinner. Everyone should put their cell phone on the... |
Katja (voice) | |
| 2019 |
The Collini CaseA young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case. |
Johanna | |
| 2019 |
Alfons ZitterbackeClumsy peculiar pupil Alfons Zitterbacke dreams of being an astronaut and wreaks havoc anywhere he goes but against all odds... |
Louise Zitterbacke | |
| 2018 |
Sealed LipsA German communist wrongly accused and sent to a labour camp has to keep her past life hidden for the... |
Antonia | |
| 2018 |
25 km/hA road movie about two very different brothers who have not seen each other for 20 years: city manager Christian... |
Ingrid | |
| 2018 |
Happy New Year, Colin BursteadColin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until... |
Hannah | |
| 2018 |
Only God Can Judge MeRicky spent years behind bars after taking the rap for his brother Rafael and his buddy Latif after a failed... |
Valerie | |
| 2017 |
GeostormAfter an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network... |
Ute Fassbinder | |
| 2017 |
You Are WantedLukas Franke finds himself a victim of a hacking attack, his online information altered to implicate him as having masterminded... |
Hanna Franke | |
| 2016 |
Four Against the BankAfter losing their respective nest eggs thanks to a bumbling bank employee, three men use him to plot a bold... |
Freddie | |
| 2016 |
Robby and Toby's Fantastic VoyagerOne day, robot Robby enters into a life of the most creative little boy, Toby. Robby had been separated from... |
Sharon Schalldämpfer | |
| 2016 |
The Most Beautiful DayThe overambitious pianist Andi and the more laid back Benno have one thing in common: They will both die soon.... |
Mona | |
| 2015 |
Suite FrançaiseFrance, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling... |
Leah | |
| 2013 |
RushIn the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until... |
Marlene Lauda | |
| 2012 |
Move OnMove On is a road movie like no other, because it is inspired by film fans from all over Europe!... |
Lena | |
| 2012 |
Lullaby RideLife could be wonderful for Livia and Marco: good-looking, young, and Tim's parents. Tim is nine months old. His screaming... |
Livia | |
| 2012 |
ImagineA blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life. |
Eva | |
| 2011 |
Woman in LoveAn actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie. |
Sarah Voss | |
| 2010 |
Small WorldConrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has... |
Simone Senn | |
| 2010 |
A Distant NeighborhoodThomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes... |
Anna Verniaz née Zorn | |
| 2009 |
City of LifeA privileged young male Arab at odds with his cultural identity and his less fortunate street smart friend; a disillusioned... |
Natalia Moldovan | |
| 2009 |
FarewellAn intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right... |
Jessica Froment | |
| 2009 |
The City of Your Final Destination28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund.... |
Deirdre Rothemund | |
| 2009 | Juliana Lukas | ||
| 2008 |
The ReaderThe story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with... |
Young Ilana Mather | |
| 2008 |
The Baader Meinhof ComplexWhen German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest... |
Petra Schelm | |
| 2008 |
Miracle at St. AnnaMiracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier"... |
Axis Sally | |
| 2008 |
Markus LanzTV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show.... |
Self | |
| 2007 |
Coda: Thirty Years LaterA behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola directing his first film in ten years,... |
Self | |
| 2007 |
Youth Without YouthProfessor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a... |
Veronica / Laura | |
| 2007 |
I Really Hate My JobWhile anticipating the arrival of a famous Hollywood star, five employees at a mediocre restaurant in London's Soho must deal... |
Suzie | |
| 2007 |
ControlThe story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the... |
Annik Honoré | |
| 2007 |
The CompanyThe Company tells the thrilling story of Cold War CIA agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable... |
Lili | |
| 2006 |
Where Is Fred?In order to catch a basketball from the favorite team of his girlfriend's spoiled son, Fred poses as a numb,... |
Denise | |
| 2006 |
OffsetThe plot focuses on the lives of the soon to be married Stefan, a German working in Romania for a... |
Brîndușa Herghelegiu | |
| 2005 |
The Fisherman and His WifeOtto and Leo are two men from Germany who have launched a successful business in which they import koi, the... |
Ida | |
| 2005 |
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall' |
Self | |
| 2005 |
About the Looking for and the Finding of LoveDirector helmut Dietls and Patric Susskinds illustrate a legendary story of two lovers who cant keep themselves away from death. |
Venus Morgenstern | |
| 2004 |
CowgirlDreamy Paula and her husband Edgar, an insurance salesman, lead a dull, middle-class life in Struvensiel, a fictitious suburb of... |
Johanna 'Paula' Jakobi | |
| 2004 |
DownfallIn April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east... |
Traudl Junge | |
| 2004 | Self | ||
| 2004 |
Sarah Kuttner – Die ShowSarah Kuttner – Die Show was a German television talk show that ran on VIVA and was then transferred to... |
Self - Segment | |
| 2004 |
Leise KriegerIt takes time for Lukas to understand who the little boy in his room is. When Lukas listens to him... |
Unknown character | |
| 2004 | Camilla | ||
| 2003 |
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die KronePrussian general's son Friedrich, Freiherr (German baron) von der Trenck, is an unruly student whose countless affairs make him enemies,... |
Prinzessin Amelie | |
| 2002 |
Doctor ZhivagoYoung and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined... |
Tonya Gromeko | |
| 2002 |
NapoleonA masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid... |
Comtesse Marie Walewska | |
| 2002 |
NakedThe story of three couples, one of which just broke up, one that seems to be about to, and one... |
Annette | |
| 2002 |
SchleudertraumaBen detests the visits to his in-laws. His wife Karen suffers as a result. On the drive home, their car... |
Doreen | |
| 2002 | Self | ||
| 2002 |
Leo & ClaireIn 1933 Nuremberg, successful Jewish businessman Leo Katzenberger owns an apartment building and runs a shoe store. A devoted family... |
Käthe Katzenberger | |
| 2002 | Self | ||
| 2002 |
If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger HammerFrustrated with their lazy new intern, a trio of offbeat builders decide to teach him a lesson with a series... |
Astrid | |
| 2002 |
Liebe und VerratBenno Deukert, a talented young boxer, gets to know Marie. The two fall in love and dream of a future... |
Marie Irimia | |
| 2001 |
99€ FilmsAnyone can hold a mini-DV camera. Anyone can get 99 euros in credit. And everyone has already written a five-minute... |
Unknown character | |
| 2001 |
HonoluluProduced and directed by seven Munich Film School students, Honolulu takes place not in Hawaii, but inside of a rural... |
Cleonise | |
| 2001 |
The TunnelInspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot... |
Lotte Lohmann | |
| 2000 | Nicolette | ||
| 2000 |
CrazyBenjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reach grammar school. Adjusting to... |
Melanie | |
| 2000 |
Vertrauen ist allesJennifer is the capricious daughter of hotel manager Dr. Karl Blankenburg. After all sorts of escapades by the prima donna... |
Jennifer Blankenburg | |
| 2000 |
Just Messing AboutA painter learns that leaving the creative life behind is much more complicated than he expected. |
Hanna | |
| 1999 |
Südsee, eigene InselA family spends their vacation in the basement so that their neighbors don't notice that they can't afford to go... |
Sandra | |
| 1999 |
TV totalTV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage... |
Self | |
| 1999 |
BeckmannReinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show. |
Self | |
| 1998 |
Die Bubi Scholz StoryDramatic life of Gustav "Bubi" Scholz, who rose from post-war obscurity and a background in black market dealings to become... |
Renate - jung | |
| 1998 |
Girl's Trap – Death Comes Online17-year-old schoolgirl Silke Hartmann meets a nice young man online. In reality, however, her virtual counterpart, who calls himself Jan,... |
Silke Hartmann | |
| 1998 | Self | ||
| 1998 | Junge Schauspielerin | ||
| 1997 | Self | ||
| 1996 | Self | ||
| 1996 | Pia Mangold | ||
| 1996 | Unknown character | ||
| 1995 |
Die Harald Schmidt ShowThe Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The... |
Self | |
| 1995 | Mädchen am Bahnhof | ||
| 1994 | Unknown character | ||
| 1994 |
Die KommissarinDie Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till... |
Sabine Sasse | |
| 1994 | Lara | ||
| 1991 |
DAS!Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates... |
Self | |
| 1984 | Self | ||
| 1981 |
Wetten, dass..?A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show... |
Self | |
| 1979 | Self | ||
| 1976 | Self | ||
| 1974 | Self | ||
| 1971 |
Polizeiruf 110Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the... |
Meike | |
| 1970 |
Scene of the CrimeTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on... |
Kerstin | |
| 1948 |
BambiThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda... |
Self | |
| TBA |
SafeWhen a young girl becomes trapped inside an airtight safe, firefighter Alex and her partner Jakob are called to a... |
Unknown character |
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Alexandra Maria Lara is known for her roles in 'The Reader,' 'Control,' and 'The Last Station.' These films have showcased her range as an actress and contributed to her acclaim in the industry.
She has received several nominations throughout her career, including the European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in 'Control.' However, she has not won an Oscar.
Her first film was 'The Last Resort' in 2000, where she played a supporting role, marking the beginning of her acting career.
Alexandra Maria Lara's estimated net worth is around $4 million, reflecting her successful career in film and television.
Alexandra is known for her emotional depth and ability to portray complex characters, often bringing a unique sensitivity to her roles.
Alexandra Maria Lara has one child, a son named Ben, with her husband Sam Riley, whom she married in 2009.
She often works in drama and biographical films, showcasing her ability to handle intense and emotional narratives.
A significant milestone was her breakthrough role in 'Control' (2007), which garnered her critical acclaim and international recognition.