Lauren Christine German is an American actress. She had her first major role in the 2002 teen romantic drama film '' A Walk to Remember'', followed by roles in the

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'' (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

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police drama '' Hawaii Five-0'', and from 2012 to 2015, she starred as Leslie Shay in the

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drama '' Chicago Fire''. From 2016-2021, she appeared as detective Chloe Decker in the American fantasy comedy-drama ''

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Early life

German was born in the Orange County suburb of Huntington Beach, California Her father Richard German is a vascular surgeon. Her paternal grandfather, James German, was

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; born in

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in 1909. He immigrated to the United States from the

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with his family as a child. The remainder of Lauren's ancestry is

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. She attended Los Alamitos High School and Orange County High School of the Arts and then enrolled at the

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, where she studied

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Career

2000–2010

German's first work was on stage in ''Peter Pan'' and ''Oliver''. She made her feature film debut in the 2000 romantic comedy '' Down to You'', where she had a small role as a lovestruck woman. German appeared in a pictorial for ''Maxim'' magazine's January 2002 issue and was placed as #47 in ''Maxim'''s "Hot 100 of 2002" list. In 2002, German co-starred in the romantic drama '' A Walk to Remember'' with

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and Mandy Moore, based on

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' 1999 novel of the same name. She played Belinda, a popular but mean-spirited high school girl who harbors unrequited love for Landon Carter (West). She then appeared in the crime/horror film ''Dead Above Ground'', the drama ''A Midsummer Night's Rave'', and the TV movie ''

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''. In 2003, she auditioned to star in the remake of the classic 1974 horror 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), and the drama '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' (2007). She also starred in the musical drama '' What We Do Is Secret'' with Shane West again, based on a true story. West played original Germs singer and German played

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singer

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2011–2015

She starred in the horror film '' Hostel: Part II'', produced by

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. and the French apocalypse thriller '' The Divide''. She starred in the second season of the CBS police drama '' Hawaii Five-0'' as DHS agent Lori Weston from 2011 to 2012. From 2012 to 2014, she starred as paramedic Leslie Shay in the

drama '' Chicago Fire''. When her character was killed, her character's name was printed on the door of the ambulance in which she rode, as a memorial. She graced the cover of ''TV Guide'' magazine with her ''Chicago Fire'' co-stars on November 18, 2013.

2016–2021

In 2015, German was added to the main cast of the

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fantasy comedy-drama ''

'', playing Detective Chloe Decker. She portrayed the leading female role of an LAPD homicide detective who finds herself both repulsed and fascinated by Tom Ellis's character, Lucifer Morningstar, who was tired of his "job" as the Lord of Hell and has relocated to Los Angeles. The series ended in 2021.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:German, Lauren 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from California Actresses from Orange County, California Living people American people of English descent American people of Dutch descent Orange County School of the Arts alumni University of Southern California alumni Year of birth missing (living people)