Lauren Cohan

Lauren Cohan is a successful actress who was born on January 7, 1982, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA, and has both American and British citizenship.

Participating in many important projects throughout his career, Cohan's filmography includes short films such as "The Quiet Assassin" (2005), as well as "Casanova" (2005), "Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj" (2006), "Death Race 2" (2010), "The Boy" (2016), "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016), "All Eyez on Me". (2017) and "Mile 22" (2018). She also served as a voice actor in the movie "Catwoman: Hunted" (2022).

Cohan, who has made a name for herself in the television world, is known for her role as Rose in the TV series "The Vampire Diaries" (2010-2012). However, the role that really brought her to the masses was the character of Maggie Greene in the TV series "The Walking Dead" (2011-2022). The actor, who received great acclaim for this role, also appears before the audience with the same character in the TV series "The Walking Dead: Dead City" (2023–).

Cohan has also had major roles in series such as "Supernatural" (2007–2008), "Chuck" (2011), "Whiskey Cavalier" (2019) and "Invincible" (2021).

Lauren Cohan has been deemed worthy of many awards for her acting talent. Together with "The Walking Dead" team, he won the Satellite Awards in 2012, the Eyegore Awards in 2013, and was nominated for the People's Choice Awards in 2017. Cohan, who won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the Saturn Awards in 2022, was nominated in the "Best Actress" category at the same award ceremony in 2024.

Lauren Cohan was born on January 7, 1982 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. After spending his childhood in America, he moved to the United Kingdom with his family at the age of 13 and received British citizenship. This dual citizenship status has enabled him to successfully use both American and British accents throughout his career.

After studying Drama and English Literature at the University of Winchester, he moved to London and focused on his acting career.

Early in his career, he made a name for himself with recurring roles in popular fantasy and science fiction series. She attracted attention with her character Bela Talbot, the cunning thief she played in The CW's popular series "Supernatural" (2007-2008). Then, she increased her recognition with her roles as Rose in the TV series "The Vampire Diaries" (2010-2012) and Vivian Volkoff in the TV series "Chuck" (2011) and became one of the sought-after faces of genre projects.

However, the role that turned Lauren Cohan into a worldwide star was the character Maggie Greene (later Maggie Rhee) she played in AMC's phenomenon series "The Walking Dead" (2011-2022). Cohan, who joined the series in the second season, portrayed with great success the transformation of Maggie, who was initially a farm girl, into one of the strongest, determined and inspiring leaders of the series after the great losses she experienced.

Although he left the series for a while in the ninth season, he made his return, which was eagerly awaited by his fans, at the end of the tenth season and remained one of the main characters until the series' finale.

After "The Walking Dead" came to an end, Cohan took on the lead role with Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the spin-off project called "The Walking Dead: Dead City" (2023-present), which continues the story of the character Maggie. This series is about Maggie confronting her past and struggling to survive in New York. In addition to his television career, Cohan has showcased his multi-genre talent by starring in horror films such as "The Boy" (2016) and action-comedy series such as "Whiskey Cavalier" (2019).

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 54 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Avery Jordan
• The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
• Supernatural (2005) — Bela Talbot
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
• Conan (2010)
• Modern Family (2009) — Receptionist
• The Vampire Diaries (2009) — Rose
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
• The Walking Dead (2010) — Maggie Greene
• Cold Case (2003) — Rachel Malone (1986)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.