Lauren Cohan

British actress (born 1982)
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Lauren Cohan is a British-American actress and model best known for her role as Maggie Rhee in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, a role she reprises in The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023–present). Her other notable TV roles include Bela Talbot in the dark fantasy drama Supernatural (2007–2008), Rose in the supernatural teen drama The Vampire Diaries (2010–2012), Vivian McArthur Volkoff in the action comedy Chuck (2011), and Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge in the action comedy-drama Whiskey Cavalier (2019). Her film appearances include the comedy Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006), the psychological thriller horror The Boy (2016), the biographical drama All Eyez on Me (2017), and the action thriller Mile 22 (2018).

Cohan was born Lauren Storholm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to an American father and Scottish mother. She was raised in New Jersey and spent a year in Georgia. When she was thirteen, her family moved to her mother's native UK, settling in Surrey.

Upon her mother's remarriage, Lauren's surname was legally changed to that of her stepfather, Cohan. She converted to Judaism at the age of five.

She has younger half-siblings through her mother and father's remarriages. Cohan graduated from King Alfred's College, Winchester (now the University of Winchester) with a bachelor of arts in drama and English literature before touring with a theatre company she co-founded at the university.

Date of Birth7th January 1982
Age42 Years
Zodiac SignCapricorn
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityCherry Hill
Birth PlaceCherry Hill
ReligionJudaism
NationalityUnited States of America
CitizenshipUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
SignatureSignature
ReferenceIMDB
Education
University of Winchester
Occupationtelevision actor, film actor, stage actor, model, actor, fashion model