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Lauren Cohan
Cohan in April 2012
Born	(1982-01-07) January 7, 1982 (age 31) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Alma mater	University of Winchester
Occupation	Actress, writer, producer
Years active	2005–present

Lauren Cohan (born January 7, 1982) is an American-born British actress. Her most recognized roles to date are Bela Talbot on Supernatural, Rose on The Vampire Diaries and Maggie Greene in The Walking Dead.

Early life [edit]

Lauren Cohan was born in Philadelphia and lived in Cherry Hill, New Jersey during her childhood before moving to her mother's native United Kingdom in her teens. Cohan's Scottish mother converted to Judaism when she married Cohan's stepfather, and Cohan was raised in the Jewish religion from the age of five (she had a Bat Mitzvah).^[1][2] She has a younger stepsister.^[3] Lauren graduated from the University of Winchester / King Alfred's College where she studied Drama and English Literature, before touring with a theater 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.

Career [edit]

Film [edit]

Cohan's major movie debut was the 2005 film Casanova as Sister Beatrice. In 2006, she starred in the sequel to National Lampoon's Van Wilder, National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj playing the role of Charlotte Higginson. Her next role was in the 2007 film Float.^[4][5] In February 2010 she was cast in Death Race 2, along with co-stars Sean Bean and Danny Trejo.^[6]

Cohan at the 2012 Comic-Con in San Diego.

Television [edit]

Cohan was cast in Season Three of Supernatural as Bela Talbot; a thief, appearing in six episodes, who procures valuable supernatural objects and sells them to very rich and possibly very powerful people in the supernatural world. It was the head of the CW who requested a second female lead be added to the show. To accommodate this Kripke made the originally planned recurring character Bela, to be a prominent character. Kripke placed her along with Katie Cassidy who was cast as Ruby. Bela was not received well by fans due to her conniving behavior, antagonistic self-centeredness, and consistent nature to try to get the lead characters (the Winchester brothers) killed. The character was written out/killed off in the penultimate episode of Season 3.

She is also known for playing the recurring character Rose, a 500 year old vampire in The Vampire Diaries. In February, 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 has also guest starred on shows such as Modern Family, CSI: NY, Cold Case, Life 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; it was not picked up as a series.

She was cast in the second season of the AMC television series The Walking Dead 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.

Filmography [edit]

Cohan in June 2011

Film [edit]

Television [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

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