German-American actress Lavinia Wilson made her debut on the movie screen in Sherry Hormann"s thriller "Leise Schatten" ("Silent Shadow"). Since then, Wilson has worked with several well-known directors such as Vivian Naefe ("Todesschatten", TV movie) and Michael Verhoeven ("Zimmer mit Frühstück", TV movie) for TV and movie productions. Wilson caused a stir with her performance in the TV movie "Das erste Mal" ("The First Time") where she played a teenager who desperately wants to have sex for the first time. In 2003, Wilson won the actor"s award at the Tbilisi film festival and also at the well-known festival in San Sebastián for her performance in Dito Tsintsadze"s drama "Schussangst" ("Gun-Shy").

In January 2005, Wilson won the Max Ophuels award as "Best young actress" for her portrayal of a fun-loving young woman who is on the run from her own past in the love drama "Allein" ("Alone"). When she was not working as an actress at that time, Wilson studied philosophy, history, and sociology in Berlin.

After some smaller roles, Wilson appeared in several episodes of the crimes series "Der letzte Zeuge" and in the Swiss production "Freigesprochen", an adaptation of Ödön von Horvarth"s play "Der jüngste Tag". For her performance in the drama, Wilson received the Undine Audience Award for Best Actress in 2008.

She continued to star in ambitious TV productions like "Monogamie für Anfänger" (2008) and "Ein Dorf sieht Mord" (2009), which also featured August Zirner, Corinna Harfouch and Thomas Thieme. She returned to the cinema in a supporting role in Oskar Roehler"s "Lulu und Jimi" (2009), and went on to play the lead in Oliver Paulus" comedy "Tandoori Love".