Larissa Sirah Herden

Acting

Larissa Sirah Herden

Born 1986-06-20 · Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Larissa Sirah Herden, also known by her stage name Lary, was born on June 20, 1986, in Gelsenkirchen and is a German actress, singer, and director. She lives and works primarily in Paris and Berlin, holds an EU-wide work permit, and has a playable age range of roughly mid-thirties to early forties. In front of the camera, she has appeared in the miniseries “Player of Ibiza,” the feature film “The Magic Flute – The Legacy of the Magic Flute,” in “Rock ’N’ Roll Ringo,” the Netflix series “King of Stonks,” as well as in the award-winning series “Bad Banks,” where she played prominent leading or important supporting roles. In addition to her acting career, she is active as a singer and songwriter, has released several studio albums, and regularly combines her musical work with film and series projects, for example through title songs and soundtrack contributions. With a height of 174 cm, brown eyes and brown hair, fluent German, English, and French skills, and a profile established both on camera, on stage, and in the music scene, she ranks among the most versatile German-speaking actresses of her generation.

Acting credits

My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me poster
6.1

Olli and Matze are best friends living, working and planning to travel the world together — until Matze's romance with Rebecca turns it all upside down.

My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me

2026

The Magic Flute poster
6.3

A seventeen year old travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passageway into the fantastic world of Mozart's "The Magic Flute".

The Magic Flute

2022

Young, Fragile poster
NR

At times of changing gender roles, a tinder date encourages young Leonid to live his own definition of "masculinity". A current reflection on love, sexuality and role models.

Young, Fragile

2020

The Light poster
6.6

A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, their almost grown-up twins Frieda and Jon and their illegitimate son Dio - this is the Engels family, who seemingly have nothing left to hold them together when housekeeper Farrah enters their lives. The mysterious Syrian woman puts the Engels' emotional world to an unexpectedly wild test.

The Light

2025

Rock ‘n’ Roll Ringo poster
5.0

A scaffolding builder loses his job and starts as a temporary worker at the funfair. There he is seduced by a showman into making a career as a fairground boxer - and hopes to fulfill a long-awaited dream for his daughter.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Ringo

2024

Berlin Kills Me poster
NR

Jacky (30), who lives in Berlin, falls into a deep void after the death of her mother and losing her job. Unable to succeed in her attempt to commit suicide, she decides to hire a hitman. Unbeknownst to her, she meets Çello (33), the killer assigned to commit murder. Çello and Jacky fall in love with each other. The loving couple decides to go into hiding, but their happiness doesn’t last long. A major confrontation takes place at Madam Bora’s Pissoir Bar.

Berlin Kills Me

2026

Immer der Nase nach poster
4.8

Sorted out - and at almost 50! Both professionally and privately, window dresser Tanja feels like she's been left behind. But she bravely sticks her chin out. Of course she can still keep up, and after one order after another falls through, Tanja is eager to start canvassing. An online course is designed to make her digitally fit. She is so preoccupied with herself that she neglects the most important people around her.

Immer der Nase nach

2021

Conti - My Two Faces poster
6.9

After a media storm that turns her life upside down, a famous Hamburg lawyer takes on the defense of a young musician accused of infanticide.

Conti - My Two Faces

2023

Mall poster
3.0

A theft with consequences: When introverted Didi is caught stealing a toy mermaid, his hyper-masculine father does not know how to handle it.

Mall

2020