- Born
- Birth nameLauren Christine German
- Height1.68 m
- Lauren German was born on November 29, 1978 in Huntington Beach, California. German attended the prominent Actor's Studio and attended USC. Lauren also trained as a dancer at the Orange County High School of the Arts (a.k.a. OCHSA).
She made her film debut in In Love (2000). She starred, opposite Shane West and Mandy Moore, in the 2001 sleeper hit, Le temps d'un automne (2002).
She's also known as Agent "Lori Weston" in the television series. Hawaii 5-0 (2010), "Beth" in the 2007 film, Hostel, chapitre II (2007), and "Eva" in 2011 film, The Divide (2011). She starred in the NBC drama, Chicago Fire (2012), as Leslie Shay, from 2012 to 2014. From 2016 to 2021, she starred in all 93 episodes of Lucifer (2016) as LAPD homicide detective Chloe Decker.- IMDb mini biography by: Joey Zeigler
- ParentsRichard "Rich" GermanHolly German
- RelativesJames A German(Grandparent)
- She did all her own stunts in Hostel, chapitre II (2007).
- She is of English and Dutch descent.
- She originally tried out for "Erin" in Massacre à la tronçonneuse (2003), before landing the role of "The Hitchhiker".
- She starred in two movies, What We Do Is Secret (2007) and Le temps d'un automne (2002), with Shane West, both in which her character's name is "Belinda".
- In Sympathy for the Goddess (2017), she does a body check to Tricia Helfer.
- I'm very klutzy. I've fallen off horses, I've tripped with my high-heeled boots over a stunt guy.
- I always get cast as the girl who's dying or the girl who's killing or the girl who's suicidal - all these heavy roles. But I like playing them.
- I'd love to do comedy.
- [why she doesn't act nude] My body is perfect and so great, I don't think everyone's ready for it. Do you know what I mean?
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