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Maria Lara Cosima Gräfin Henckel von Donnersmarck (born May 17, 2003), known as Lara Cosima, is a German-American model, socialite, and social media influencer. In 2023, she was selected to open Le Bal des débutantes in Paris, where she was presented as a debutante. She made her runway haute couture modeling debut at the Paris Fashion Week in 2025.
Henckel von Donnersmarck was born on 17 May 2003 in Florida. Her parents are both German: film director Count Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and Christiane Asschenfeldt, a lawyer and the first International Executive Director of Creative Commons. Henckel von Donnersmarck grew up primarily in Los Angeles, California.
She is a member of the House of Henckel von Donnersmarck, an Austro-Hungarian noble family. She is the granddaughter of Count Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck, a former president of the German division of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and Countess Anna-Maria von Berg, a left-wing political activist. Her granduncle, Count Gregor Henckel Donnersmarck, is a Catholic priest and the Abbot Emeritus of Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Her great-grandfather, Count Friedrich-Carl Henckel von Donnersmarck…
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