First name: Alexandra Maria
Last name: Lara
German actress

Born 12 November 1978
in Bukarest, Rumänien

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, Hitler's secretary in the Oscar Nominated 2004 film Der Untergang. Due to her convincing performance in Untergang, Der (2004), Francis Ford Coppola wrote her a letter and gave her a leading role in Youth Without Youth (2007).