Lauren Cohan

Lauren Cohan
Cohan at Comic-Con in San Diego, 2018
Born (1982-01-07) January 7, 1982
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2005–present
Website www.laurencohan.com

Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is an American actress and model.[1][2] She is known for her role as Maggie Greene on the horror drama series The Walking Dead (2011–present).

She is also known for her roles as Bela Talbot on the fantasy horror series Supernatural (2007–08), Rose on the supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2010–12), and Vivian McArthur Volkoff on the action comedy series Chuck (2011). In addition to her television career, Cohan has also appeared in several films, such as the comedy film Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006), the psychological thriller horror film The Boy, the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and the biographical drama All Eyez on Me (2017).

Early life

Cohan was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey[3][4][5][6][7] (although some sources incorrectly cite Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)[1][8] on January 7, 1982, the daughter of an American father and an English mother. She also has Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish ancestry.[9][8] During her childhood, Cohan lived in Cherry Hill[3] and, for one year, Georgia,[10] before moving to England at age 13.[11]

When Cohan's mother remarried, she took her new husband's surname, Cohan, and converted to Judaism. Cohan also converted to Judaism at age five,[8] and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.[12] She has four younger siblings[13] and one step-sister.[14] Cohan graduated from the University of Winchester[15] 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,[16] working on several films as well as some non-commercial projects.

Career

Lauren Cohan at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.

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 2008 film Float. In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2,[17] and also has the lead role in the 2016 supernatural-horror The Boy.[18] In 2016 she also had a cameo as Martha Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and in 2017 she played Leila Steinberg in the biographical drama All Eyez on Me. In 2018 she starred in the action thriller film Mile 22 directed by Peter Berg.

Television

In 2007, Cohan gained her first major supporting role – partially also described as a season lead, when she was cast for 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, her last in the penultimate episode of season three.[19]

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 McArthur 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.[20]

In 2011, Cohan was cast in her most notable role as 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 was the highest rated series in cable television history in 2015.[21] At the conclusion of the eight season, Cohan finished her contract on The Walking Dead as a series regular. It was later reported Cohan had not reached an agreement to sign on for season 9 as a main cast member due to a pay dispute, as she demanded an enhanced salary closer to her male co-stars Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus. AMC refused, and Cohan began making herself available for TV pilots.[22] She booked the role of CIA operative Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge in the ABC pilot Whiskey Cavalier, co-starring with Scott Foley.[23] It was later confirmed she had reached an agreement to appear in season 9 under a limited capacity of 6 episodes in the first half of season 9.[24] Later, it was confirmed Whiskey Cavalier was picked up to series.[25]

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 Short film
2011 Death Race 2 September Jones Direct-to-video
2014 Reach Me Kate
2016 The Boy Greta Evans
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Martha Wayne Uncredited cameo
2017 All Eyez on Me Leila Steinberg
2018 Mile 22 Alice Kerr

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Bold and the Beautiful Forrester Creations Employee Episode #4986
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 77 episodes
2012 Childrens Hospital Lulu Pratt Episode: "British Hospital"
2013 Law & 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"
2016 The Mindy Project Ashley 2 episodes
2017 Robot Chicken Maggie Greene (voice) Episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking"
2019 Whiskey Cavalier Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge Co-Lead

Video games

YearTitleRoleRef.
2014DestinyExo Stranger[26]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Satellite Awards Best Television Cast (shared with the cast) The Walking Dead Won [27]
2013 Eyegore Awards Best Ensemble Cast Award (shared with the cast) Won [28]
2017 People's Choice Awards Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress Nominated [29]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lauren Cohan". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lauren Cohan of Walking Dead: What's In My Bag?". Us Weekly. February 10, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  3. 1 2 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
  4. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (March 27, 2014). ""'The Walking Dead's' Lauren Cohan Tries Out Accents With Pete" (Interview). Interviewed by Pete Holmes. Retrieved September 29, 2014. I hail from New Jersey. I was born in New Jersey.
  5. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (October 11, 2013). "Lauren Cohan @ "The Covino & Rich Show" (Sirius XM Radio) pt. I – October 11th, 2013" (Interview). Interviewed by Covino & Rich. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (October 12, 2012). "Lauren Cohan on NERDIST – Her accent & relationship advice. (Podcast by Chris Hardwick) – Part 1". Nerdist (Interview). Interviewed by Chris Hardwick. YouTube. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (March 30, 2014). "Sam Roberts & Lauren Cohan- Walking Dead, Governor, Last Episodes, & more" (Interview). Interviewed by Sam Roberts. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  8. 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. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Gray, Ellen (October 20, 2011). "Jersey Girl at heart?". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ Byrne, Mark (October 2014). "Meet The Walking Dead's (Sorta-) Southern Belle, Lauren Cohan". GQ. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ Gomez, Luis (March 11, 2014). "Interview: 'Walking Dead' has it all for Lauren Cohan". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ Miller, Gerri (September 4, 2007). "Fall TV Preview: Lauren Cohan". American Jewish Life. Genco Media. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ Cohan, Lauren (February 24, 2014). "Interview: Lauren Cohan talks The Walking Dead". DStv.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  14. ↑ Cohan, Lauren. "Q&A – Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene)". AMCTV.com (Interview). Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Lauren Cohan — Cult US horror-thriller actress" (PDF). Venta. University of Winchester. Winter 2011. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Lauren Cohan". tvsa.co.za. TVSA. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  17. ↑ Walkuski, Eric (March 1, 2010). "Sean Bean confirmed for Death Race 2; Lauren Cohan joins too". JoBlo.com. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  18. ↑ "This Walking Dead Star Just Scored Her First Major Film Deal". CINEMABLEND. January 27, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  19. ↑ "#SDCC14: Lauren Cohan Talks Bringing Bela Back to Supernatural - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  20. ↑ "The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan to star in ABC pilot Whiskey Cavalier". Looper.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ "'Walking Dead' Cast Urges AMC to Settle Lauren Cohan Pay Dispute". ScreenCrush.
  23. ↑ "'Walking Dead' Star Lauren Cohan, Without Season 9 Contract, Books Lead in ABC Pilot". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  24. ↑ Petski, Nellie Andreeva,Denise (April 25, 2018). "'The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan To Return For Season 9 Arc – Update".
  25. ↑ "Whiskey Cavalier Coming Soon to ABC - ABC New Shows". ABC.
  26. ↑ Destiny – End Credits – IGN Video. IGN Video. September 11, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Satellite Awards Nominates 10 Films for Best Motion Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Interviews With The Stars On The Halloween Horror Nights Eyegore Awards Red Carpet! #UniversalHHN". Brite and Bubbly. September 22, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  29. ↑ "People's Choice Awards 2017: Full List Of Nominees". People's Choice. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
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