Lynn Cohen

Biography

Lynn Harriette Cohen (née Kay; August 10, 1933 – February 14, 2020) was an American actress known for her roles in film, television and theater. She was particularly known for her role as Magda in the HBO series Sex and the City, which she also played in the 2008 film of the same name and its 2010 sequel, as well as for portraying Mags in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mrs. Litvak in The Vigil.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Chicago Med

Sex and the City

Damages

All Movies (70)

Castles in the Sky2023 · as Malkeh
Wherefore Art Thou2022 · as Juliet (80's)
Lingua Franca2020 · as Olga
The Vigil2020 · as Mrs. Litvak
I Can Change2020 · as Widow Emerson
Emma Without Edmund2020 · as Emma
Write Me2020 · as Frida
After Class2019 · as Agatha
Feast of the Seven Fishes2019 · as Nonnie
I Am a Seagull2019 · as Lynn / Aged Nina
The World Without You2019 · as Gretchen
Olympia2018 · as Self
7 Splinters in Time2018 · as Babs
Tooth and Nail2018 · as Elaine
Walden: Life in The Woods2017 · as Alice
Sollers Point2017 · as Ladybug
Oma2017 · as Ethel Mueller
Benji the Dove2017 · as Miss O'Dell
The Pickle Recipe2016 · as Rose
All in Time2016 · as Mrs. Johnson
Beautiful Dreamer2016 · as Elderly Amy
Gabriel2015 · as Nonny
The Cobbler2014 · as Sarah Simkin
They Came Together2014 · as Bubby
Floating Sunflowers2014 · as Old Lady
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013 · as Mags Flanagan
A Case of You2013 · as Harriet
372013 · as Florel Bernstein
Bottled Up2013
The Romance of Loneliness2012 · as Mina
Art Machine2012 · as Roberta
Not Waving but Drowning2012 · as Sylvia
Somewhere Tonight2011 · as Mrs. Pecorino
Shakespeare in the Present2011
The Extra Man2010 · as Lois Huber
Hello Lonesome2010 · as Eleanor
Sex and the City 22010 · as Magda
A Little Help2010 · as Mrs. Cosolito
Everybody's Fine2009 · as Old Woman on First Train
Staten Island2009 · as Dr. Leikovic
Synecdoche, New York2008 · as Caden's Mother
Eagle Eye2008 · as Mrs. Wierzbowski
Eavesdrop2008 · as May
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was2008 · as Self
Sex and the City2008 · as Magda
Deception2008 · as Woman
Across the Universe2007 · as Grandmother Carrigan
The Life Before Her Eyes2007 · as Sister Beatrice
Then She Found Me2007 · as Trudy Epner
The Hottest State2007 · as Harris's Mother
Invincible2006 · as Mrs. Spegnetti
Munich2005 · as Golda Meir
While the Widow Is Away2005 · as The Widow
Evergreen2004 · as Grandmother
The Station Agent2003 · as Patty at the Good to Go
The Jimmy Show2002 · as Ruth
Fast Food Fast Women2000 · as Jesse
Cradle Will Rock1999 · as Silvano - Mama
Just One Time1999 · as Sophia
The Giraffe1999 · as David's Mother
Deconstructing Harry1997 · as Janet's Mom
Once We Were Strangers1997
Walking and Talking1996 · as Andrew's Mom
I Shot Andy Warhol1996 · as Hotel Earle Concierge
Vanya on 42nd Street1994 · as Maman
The Counterfeit Contessa1994 · as Angie Nardino
Manhattan Murder Mystery1993 · as Lilian House
Golden Years1991 · as Receptionist
Angry1991 · as Mother
Łódź Ghetto1989 · as (voice)

All TV Shows (13)

God Friended Me2018 · as Rose
Chicago Med2015 · as Rose Wechsler
Master of None2015 · as Carol
The Affair2014 · as Joan Bailey
Getting On2013 · as Mrs. Carmaglia
Nurse Jackie2009 · as Mrs. Zimberg
Damages2007 · as Stefania McKee
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Mina Cohen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Anna Ansel
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Art Teacher
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Rosa Doletti
Sex and the City1998 · as Magda
Law & Order1990 · as Elizabeth Mizener