Lauren German Biography

Lauren Christine German (born November 29, 1978) is an American actress. She had her first major role in the 2002 romantic drama film A Walk to Remember, followed by roles in the horror films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Hostel: Part II (2007). From 2011 to 2012, German had a main role as DHS agent Lori Weston in the second season of the CBS police drama Hawaii Five-0, and from 2012 to 2014, she starred as Leslie Shay in the NBC drama Chicago Fire. In 2016, she began starring as Det. Chloe Decker in the Fox fantasy comedy-drama Lucifer.

Early life

German was born in Huntington Beach, California. German's father is a vascular surgeon. She attended Los Alamitos High School, and the Orange County High School of the Arts. She later enrolled at the University of Southern California, studying anthropology.

Career

German's first work was on stage in Peter Pan and Oliver. In 2000, she made her feature film debut in the romantic comedy Down to You, where she had a small role as a lovestruck woman.

In 2002, German co-starred in the romantic drama A Walk to Remember with Shane West and Mandy Moore, based on Nicholas Sparks' 1999 novel of the same name. She played Belinda, whom Landon Carter (West) breaks up with. Then she appeared in the crime horror film Dead Above Ground, the drama A Midsummer Night"?s Rave and the TV movie The Lone Ranger, in which she had both smaller and bigger roles. In 2003, she auditioned to star in the horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a remake of the 1974 film but the role went to Jessica Biel and German won the role of The Hitchhiker.

German co-starred in the crime drama Born Killers (2005), the thriller Rx (2005), the romantic comedy Standing Still (2005), the drama It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007), and the musical drama What We Do Is Secret with Shane West again, based on a true story, the latter as original Germs drummer and subsequent The Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle. She starred in the horror film Hostel: Part II, produced by Quentin Tarantino. She also starred in the French apocalypse thriller The Divide. German starred in the second season of the CBS police drama Hawaii Five-0 as DHS agent Lori Weston from 2011 to 2012. She starred in the first two seasons of the NBC drama Chicago Fire as Leslie Shay, one of the paramedics from 2012 to 2014.

In 2016, German began appearing with Tom Ellis in the fantasy comedy-drama Lucifer, loosely based on the DC comic book series of the same name, as Chloe Decker, a LAPD homicide detective who finds herself both repulsed and fascinated by Lucifer Morningstar (Ellis). The series premiered on January 25, 2016 on Fox.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Down to You	Lovestruck Woman
2002	'	Belinda
2002	Dead Above Ground	Darcy Peters
2002	'	Elena
2003	'	Suicidal girl
2005	Rx	Melissa
2005	Standing Still	Jennifer
2005	Born Killers	Gertle
2007	It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.	Ruth
2007	Spin	Cassie
2007	Love and Mary	Mary
2007	Hostel: Part II	Beth
2007	What We Do Is Secret	Belinda
2008	Mating Dance	Abby
2009	Made for Each Other	Catherine
2009	Dark Country	Gina
2011	'	Eva

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Undressed	Kimmy	TV series
2001	Shotgun Love Dolls	Beth	TV movie
2001	7th Heaven	Marie	Episode: "Apologize"
2002	Going to California	Tiffany	Episode: "A Little Hard in the Big Easy"
2003	'	Emily Landry	TV movie
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Rose	Main role, 8 episodes
2006	Surrender, Dorothy	Maddy	TV movie
2010	Happy Town	Henley Boone / Chloe	Main role, 8 episodes
2011	Human Target	Angie Anderson	Episode: "Kill Bob"
2011	Memphis Beat	Kaylee Slater	Episodes: "Identity Crisis", "The Feud"
2011-12	Hawaii Five-0	DHS agent Lauren "Lori" Weston	Main role, 15 episodes
2012-14	Chicago Fire	Leslie Shay	Main role, 47 episodes
2014	Chicago P.D.	Leslie Shay	2 episodes
2016-present	Lucifer	Det. Chloe Decker	Main role