Lara Heller

Lara Heller performs in 4 languages fluently; English, German, French and Persian. Lara was a professional figure skater for Germany and graduated with a degree in law from The London School Of Economics and an MA in Acting from Arts Ed. She was born in England and raised in a mountain village in Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Lara now splits her time between LA and London. Lara first came to public attention as the actress in The Cut, which won the Vittorio Veneto Award at the Venice Film Festival. The story is about a father (Tahar Rahim) searching for his twin daughters (Lara Heller). The film was endorsed by Martin Scorsese who was quoted as saying "Fatih Akin's The Cut is a genuine, hand-made epic, of the type that people just don't make anymore." Recent credits include the new David Bowie movie, Stardust, by Gabriel Range (Salon Pictures), The Obscure Life Of The Grand Duke Of Corsica with Timothy Spall and Peter Stormare and the video game NBA2K. Lara has a body of action work due to her love of sports and on screen combat training. Water sports include trick-wakeboarding, waterskiing, surfing, swimming, fly boarding and diving. Winter sports include professional figure skating and skiing. Dance training includes contemporary, jazz, waltz, salsa and Persian dancing.