Hanover or Hannover ( ; German: "Hannover" , ] ), on the River Leine, is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony ("Niedersachsen"), and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover).
 At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become a Kingdom with Hanover as its capital.
Anna-Katharina Samsel (born 12 April 1985 in Hanover) is a German actress.

Question: What state was Anna-Katharina Samsel born?
Answer: Lower Saxony