Lauren Cohan

For the newsreader, see Lauren Cohn.
Lauren Cohan

Born (1982-01-07) January 7, 1982
Cherry Hill, New Jersey[1][2]
United States
Citizenship Dual British and American
Alma mater University of Winchester
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2005–present
Religion Judaism
Website www.laurencohan.com

Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is a British-American actress and model,[3][4] best known for her role as Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead and recurring roles on The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, and Chuck, also the new movie " The Boy" .[5]

Early life

Cohan was born on January 7, 1982, to an American father and a British mother, and has Scottish, Irish, and Norwegian ancestry.[6][7] Sources have listed Cohan's birthplace as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[3][7] but Cohan has stated in interviews that she was born in New Jersey.[2][8][9][1][10]

During her childhood, Cohan lived in Cherry Hill[1]—and, for one year, Georgia[11]—before moving to the United Kingdom at age 13.[12] The family settled in Surrey. When Cohan's mother remarried, she took her new husband's surname, "Cohan", and converted to Judaism. Cohan converted to her Jewish stepfather's religion[7] at age five, and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.[13] She has five younger siblings,[14] including a stepsister.[15] Cohan graduated from the University of Winchester[5] with a BA degree in Drama and English Literature, before touring with a theatre company she had co-founded at the university. Cohan then split her time and work between London and Los Angeles, California,[16] working on several films as well as some non-commercial projects.

Career

Film

After her film debut Casanova as Sister Beatrice, she starred in the sequel to Van Wilder, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj as Charlotte Higginson in 2006. Her next role was in the 2007 film Float. In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2, with Sean Bean and Danny Trejo[17] and also supernatural-horror The Boy releasing in 2016 where Lauren plays the main character Greta.

Television

Cohan at the party in 2013

Cohan was cast in season three of Supernatural as Bela Talbot, a thief who procures valuable supernatural objects and sells them to very rich, very powerful people in the supernatural world. The character appeared in six episodes of the series, and was killed off in the penultimate episode of season three.

Cohan played the recurring character Rose, a 560-year-old vampire, in The Vampire Diaries. In 2011, she joined the television series Chuck in a recurring role playing Vivian Volkoff, a "charming, sophisticated socialite" from the United Kingdom, and the daughter of primary villain, Alexei Volkoff. She also guest starred on shows such as Modern Family, CSI: NY, Cold Case, Life, Archer, and The Bold and the Beautiful.

Cohan starred in a pilot for The CW called Heavenly in which she played the lead character, an attorney who teams up with an angel; however, it was not picked up as a series.

In 2011, Cohan was cast in her most notable role: Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead, an AMC horror drama series based on the comic book series of the same name. She first appeared in the second season as a recurring character, but she was among the starring roles at the start of the third season. The drama is the highest rated series in cable television history.[18]

Personal life

Cohan lives in the United Kingdom.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Quiet Assassin Alessia Short film
2005 Casanova Sister Beatrice
2006 Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj Charlotte Higginson
2008 Float Emily Fulton
2010 Young Alexander the Great Leto
2010 Practical Lauren
2010 Disturbed Claire
2011 Death Race 2 September Jones Direct-to-DVD
2014 Reach Me Kate
2016 The Boy Greta
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Martha Wayne
2016 All Eyez On Me Leila Steinberg Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Bold and the Beautiful Forrester Creations Employee 1 episode
2007–2008 Supernatural Bela Talbot 6 episodes
2008 Valentine Joanna Clay Episode: "Pilot"
2009 Life Jackie Rolder Episode: "Initiative 38"
2010 Modern Family Receptionist Episode: "Unplugged"
2010 Cold Case Rachel Malone '86 Episode: "One Fall"
2010 CSI: NY Meredith Muir Episode: "Flag on the Play"
2010–2012 The Vampire Diaries Rose 6 episodes
2011 Heavenly Lily Pilot
2011 Chuck Vivian McArthur Volkoff 5 episodes
2011–present The Walking Dead Maggie Greene 59 episodes
2012 Childrens Hospital Lulu Pratt Episode: "British Hospital"
2013 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Avery Jordan Episode: "Legitimate Rape"
2014 Archer Juliana Calderon (voice) 4 episodes
2014 Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories Stephanie Episode: "The Bathroom Boys"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Destiny Exo Stranger [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hiltbrand, David (November 24, 2013). "Lauren Cohan of 'Walking Dead' sticks it to zombies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 29, 2014. Born in Philadelphia but raised in Cherry Hill
  2. 1 2 Cohan, Lauren (March 27, 2014). "'The Walking Dead's' Lauren Cohan Tries Out Accents With Pete. Interview with Pete Holmes. Retrieved September 29, 2014. I hail from New Jersey. I was born in New Jersey.
  3. 1 2 "Lauren Cohan". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lauren Cohan of Walking Dead: What's In My Bag?". Us Weekly. February 10, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Lauren Cohan — Cult US horror-thriller actress" (PDF). Venta. University of Winchester. Winter 2011. p. 8. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ Gray, Ellen (October 20, 2011). "Jersey Girl at heart?". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "Lauren Cohan has turned killing zombies into a fine art in The Walking Dead, writes David Hiltbrand". News.com.au. February 11, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (October 11, 2013). Lauren Cohan @ "The Covino & Rich Show" (Sirius XM Radio) pt. I – October 11th, 2013. Interview with Covino & Rich. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (October 12, 2012). Lauren Cohan on NERDIST – Her accent & relationship advice. (Podcast by Chris Hardwick) – Part 1. Nerdist. Interview with Chris Hardwick (YouTube). Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (March 30, 2014). Sam Roberts & Lauren Cohan- Walking Dead, Governor, Last Episodes, & more. Interview with Sam Roberts. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ Byrne, Mark (October 2014). "Meet The Walking Dead's (Sorta-) Southern Belle, Lauren Cohan". GQ (Condé Nast). Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ Gomez, Luis (March 11, 2014). "Interview: 'Walking Dead' has it all for Lauren Cohan". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  13. ↑ Miller, Gerri (September 4, 2007). "Fall TV Preview: Lauren Cohan". American Jewish Life (Genco Media). Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (February 24, 2014). "Interview: Lauren Cohan talks The Walking Dead". DStv.com. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  15. ↑ Cohan, Lauren. Q&A – Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene). AMCTV.com. (Interview). Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Lauren Cohan". tvsa.co.za. TVSA. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  17. ↑ Barton, Steve (March 2, 2010). "Supernatural's Lauren Cohan Joins 'Death Race: Frankenstein Lives'". Dread Central. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  18. ↑ Bibel, Sara (March 30, 2015). "'The Walking Dead' Season 5 Finale is Highest Rated Finale in Series History, Garnering 15.8 Million Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Lauren Cohan". HollywoodLife.com. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  20. ↑ Destiny – End Credits – IGN Video. IGN Video. September 11, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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