Biography Of Lauren Cohan

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Cohan at the 2023 Wonder Con
Born	Lauren Storholm January 7, 1982 (age 43) Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Citizenship	United States United Kingdom
Alma mater	King Alfred's College (BA)
Occuption	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Lauren Cohan

(/ˈkoʊhænˈ/ KOH-han; born January 7, 1982) is an American actress known for her role as Maggie Rhee in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead (2011–2018; 2020–2022), 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), Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge in the action comedy-drama Whiskey Cavalier (2019), and War Woman in the adult animated superhero show Invincible (2021-present). 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).

Early life

Cohan was born Lauren Storholm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to an American father and a British immigrant mother from Scotland. She was raised in New Jersey and spent a year in Georgia. When she was thirteen, her family moved to her mother's native United Kingdom, settling in Surrey, England. 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.

Film

In 2006 and 2007, after her film debut in Casanova (2005) as Sister Beatrice, Cohan starred in the sequel to Van Wilder (2002), Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, as Charlotte Higginson. Her next role was in the 2008 film Float. In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2 and was the lead in the 2016 supernatural-horror The Boy. Also in 2016, she appeared as Martha Wayne, Batman's deceased mother, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and played Leila Steinberg in the 2017 biographical drama All Eyez on Me. In 2025 she appeared in the independent end of the world movie When I'm Ready, her first on-camera film appearance since starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in 2018's Mile 22.

Television

In 2007, Cohan garnered her first major supporting role, which was 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 rich and powerful people in the supernatural world. The character appeared in six episodes of the series. Her final appearance was in the penultimate episode of season three titled "Time Is on My Side".

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 Archer, Cold Case, CSI: NY, Life, and Modern Family.

Cohan starred in a pilot for The CW called Heavenly (2011) in which she played the lead character, Lily, an attorney who teams up with an angel; however, it was not picked up as a series

MINI BIO

Lauren Cohan is a British-American actress and model, best known for her role as Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead (2010) and recurring roles on The Vampire Diaries (2009), Supernatural (2005), and Chuck (2007). After her film debut on Casanova (2005) as Sister Beatrice, she starred in the sequel to Van Wilder (2002), Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006), as Charlotte Higginson. Her next role was in the 2007 film, Float (2008). In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2 (2010), with Sean Bean and Danny Trejo, and also the supernatural-horror film The Boy (2016), where Lauren played the main character, Greta Evans. In 2016, Cohan also appeared as Martha Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

She was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and moved to the United Kingdom as a teen. She graduated from the University of Winchester / King Alfred's College where she studied Drama and English Literature, before touring with a theatre company she co-founded at the University. Lauren then split her time and work between London and Los Angeles, working on several films as well as some non-commercial projects.

Trivia

Lauren sings. Her voice type is alto, mezzo-soprano.
Lauren is a model, turned actress.
Lauren learned fencing, while she was doing Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006), and archery, while filming The Quiet Assassin (2005). She also learned how to use guns during her stint on Supernatural (2005).
Lauren can play the piano.
Initially auditioned for the role of Ruby in Supernatural (2005). The role was eventually given to Katie Cassidy.
She worked as a waitress at "The Cat & The Fiddle" (restaurant & pub) on the Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles when she moved to LA.
Her mother is Scottish and her father is American.
Lauren initially wanted to be a child psychologist, but always considered the possibility of joining the performing arts and she ended up attending the University of Winchester for Drama.
Lauren Cohan was born on 7th January 1982, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA of Scottish, Irish, and Norwegian stock. She was raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA and then for only one year, moved to Georgia, USA before immigrating to Surrey, England, United Kingdom at age 13, where she lived next to a pet cemetery. Later in her early 20s, she moved back to the USA and started pursuing her acting career in Los Angeles, California. For the past couple of years, she's been living in both Los Angeles and Atlanta, GA.
Graduated from University of Winchester ( formerly known as "King Alfred's College" ) , UK. with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & English Literature.
Lauren supports the "Atlanta Music Project", an intense music education program for under-served youth in Atlanta.
Lauren Cohan's Accent, is "Trans-Atlantic" (hybrid British and American English).
She splits her Time and Work in both United States and England. Mainly between London and Los Angeles and Atlanta.
Lauren got her inspiration for playing her Supernatural (2005) character Bela from Catherine Zeta-Jones' character Virginia Baker in the 1999 film Entrapment (1999).
She was cast in the second season of the AMC television series The Walking Dead (2010) based on the comic book series of the same name, in the recurring role of Maggie Greene. She was promoted to the main cast in the third season.
Lauren is an avid fan of the 1989 film, Pet Sematary (1989), and, while living in England, she lived near a real Pet Cemetery.
Her favourite actor is Tom Hanks.
She has five younger half siblings.
She moved to London from New Jersey, when she was fourteen, and moved to Los Angeles, when she was 22, to act, after the premiere of National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) in LA.
Lauren's favorite Supernatural (2005) character to work with is "Gordon Walker", played by Sterling K. Brown. One of her favorite episodes to watch is Skin (2005), from the show's first season.
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; it was not picked up as a series.
Ranked #41 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.
Both Lauren and her mother converted to Judaism, her stepfather's religion. Lauren had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
Lauren loves the book, "Life Of Pi", by Yann Martel and the 2012 film, Life of Pi (2012), based on this novel.
She was the top choice to play Helena Bertinelli/Huntress in Arrow (2012), but could not take the role, due to conflict with The Walking Dead (2010). The role later went to Jessica De Gouw.
She has also guest-starred on TV shows, such as Modern Family (2009), CSI: NY (2004), Cold Case (2003), Life (2007) (2009), and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) (2007).
Her father is American of English, Irish and Norwegian descent and her mother is Scottish.
Cohan's major movie debut was the 2005 film Casanova (2005) as Sister Beatrice.
Lived in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and for one year in Georgia and then moved to the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, at the age of 13.
Her best friend is actress Amy Shiels. They were together filming Born to be Great (2010).
Lauren made her television debut in the year 2005 in the movie The Quiet Assassin (2005).
Her make-up artist is Jamie Greenberg.
Her publicist is Erica Gray.

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Biography Of Lauren Cohan