She made her feature film debut in the 2000 romantic comedy Down to You, where she had a small role as a lovestruck woman.

[5] In 2002, German co-starred in the romantic drama A Walk to Remember with Shane West and Mandy Moore, based on Nicholas Sparks' 1999 novel of the same name.

She played Belinda, a popular but mean-spirited high school girl who harbors unrequited love for Landon Carter (West).

[6] She then appeared in the crime/horror film Dead Above Ground, the drama A Midsummer Night's Rave,[7] and the TV movie The Lone Ranger.

[11] She starred in the second season of the CBS police drama Hawaii Five-0[12] as DHS agent Lori Weston from 2011 to 2012.