Lauren German was born on Novemeber 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 has guest-starred on the hit TV series _"Seventh Heaven" (1996)_ and made her film debut in Down to You (2000). She starred opposite Shane West and 'Mandy Moore' in the 2001 sleeper hit _Walk To Remember, A (2002)_ .