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Lauren Cohan

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Lauren Cohan is a American-British 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Supernatural_chick85 and Pedro Borges

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.

Sometimes you just have to chop a zombie like a melon. What can I say?
See my family, that is the most important. Otherwise, anything that involves bicycles, peaceful venues or the big wide open.
I don't recall ever deciding to pursue a career in acting.
I have a very weak stomach for horror. I need curtains on the front windows of my house because that heightens the whole fear factor.
I really miss doing stage though, I really do. I actually prefer that, hands down to anything else and I can do it in bits and pieces but it's not that easy to commit to a play. Life's much easier if you can get work in TV or film so I don't know. I'll have a summer hiatus so maybe that's when I can do it.

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