Lauren Cohan Net Worth, Walking Dead Salary Fight and Career
At a glance
- 2011Joined The Walking Dead
- 2018Pay dispute
- 2020Returned as regular
- 2023Dead City began
Lauren Cohan is an American British actress born in 1982, best known as Maggie Rhee on The Walking Dead. Her net worth and salary are not publicly confirmed.
Profile
| Born | January 7, 1982 |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lauren Storholm |
| Net worth | Not publicly confirmed |
Career
| 2007 | Supernatural |
|---|---|
| 2011 | The Walking Dead |
| 2023 | Dead City |
Life
| Homes | London and Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Winchester |
Rumors
| What people say | She earned as much as the male leads. |
|---|---|
| What is on record | Reports say AMC refused a raise in 2018. |
Did you know
Lauren Cohan played Batman's mother in Batman v Superman.
Rumor check
Is her salary public? No.
Lauren Cohan net worth is a top search for Walking Dead fans. She has never shared a figure, and no reliable outlet has confirmed one.
Her pay did make headlines once, though. In 2018 a contract standoff over Maggie Rhee almost ended her time on the show, and her co-stars spoke up for her in public.
Here is what is on record about her salary, roles and life, and what is still just a guess.
Quick facts
Birth nameLauren Storholm
BornJanuary 7, 1982, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Lauren Cohan age44 as of October 2026
Best known roleMaggie Rhee, The Walking Dead
Net worthNot publicly confirmed
Lauren Cohan net worth and salary: what is known
AMC never published her salary, and there is no verified estimate of her wealth [1]. Figures on celebrity sites are not sourced.
Her main income has come from series regular roles on The Walking Dead and its spinoff Dead City, plus films such as The Boy, Batman v Superman and Mile 22.
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 2007 to 2008 | Bela Talbot, Supernatural |
| 2011 to 2018, 2020 to 2022 | Maggie Rhee, The Walking Dead |
| 2019 | Frankie Trowbridge, Whiskey Cavalier (ABC) |
| 2021 to 2023 | War Woman, Invincible (voice) |
| 2023 onward | Maggie, The Walking Dead: Dead City |
The 2018 Walking Dead salary dispute
After season 8, her contract as a series regular ended. Reports said she wanted a raise closer to the pay of male leads Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus, and AMC refused [1].
ScreenCrush reported she was not strictly seeking equal pay, but was unhappy with AMC’s offers. Co-star Khary Payton posted “Pay the woman” on Instagram in March 2018 [2].
She signed for ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier and agreed to only five episodes in the first half of season 9 [3]. Whiskey Cavalier was cancelled after one season, and in October 2019 she returned to The Walking Dead as a series regular.
From New Jersey to England and back
She was born Lauren Storholm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to an American father and a Scottish mother. At 13 she moved with her family to Surrey, England.
She took the surname Cohan from her stepfather after her mother remarried, and she converted to Judaism at age five. She has younger half siblings from both parents’ new marriages.
She studied drama and English literature at King Alfred’s College in Winchester, now the University of Winchester.
Film roles beyond Maggie
Her film debut was as a nun in Casanova in 2005, followed by Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj. She led the horror film The Boy in 2016.
That same year she played Martha Wayne, Batman’s mother, in Batman v Superman. She then played Leila Steinberg in the Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me in 2017 and appeared in Mile 22 in 2018.
In 2025 she appeared in the end of the world film When I’m Ready, her first on camera film role since 2018.
Personal life and what is not confirmed
She lives and works in both London and Los Angeles. She has not publicly confirmed a husband or children, so we do not report rumors about her love life.
Height is another common search, but no reliable source gives an official figure, so we leave it out.
More stars to read about: Sophia Bush, Brooke Langton and Ryan Paevey.
Lauren Cohan TV shows beyond The Walking Dead
Before Maggie, Cohan built her name with guest and recurring parts on genre shows. Her first major role was Bela Talbot, a thief who sells supernatural objects, in six episodes of Supernatural season three.
| Years | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | Supernatural | Bela Talbot |
| 2010-12 | The Vampire Diaries | Rose, a 560-year-old vampire |
| 2011 | Chuck | Vivian McArthur Volkoff |
| 2014 | Archer | Juliana Calderon (voice) |
| 2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | CIA agent Frankie Trowbridge, lead |
| 2021-23 | Invincible | War Woman (voice) |
| 2023- | The Walking Dead: Dead City | Maggie Rhee, also executive producer |
Whiskey Cavalier premiered on ABC in February 2019 and ran 13 episodes before it was cancelled. She then returned to The Walking Dead for its eleventh and final season.
On Dead City she and Jeffrey Dean Morgan both serve as executive producers, and she directed one episode. That move behind the camera adds a producing income stream that ordinary acting fees do not.
Checked facts
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| A specific net worth or salary | Not publicly confirmed |
| 2018 pay dispute with AMC | Reported |
| Return to The Walking Dead in 2020 | Confirmed |
| Married | Not publicly confirmed |
Reader questions
What is Lauren Cohan’s net worth?
It has not been publicly confirmed [1].
How old is Lauren Cohan?
She was born on January 7, 1982, so she is 44 as of October 2026.
Why did Lauren Cohan leave The Walking Dead?
A 2018 contract and pay dispute with AMC led her to take an ABC series, then she returned [2].
Is Lauren Cohan British or American?
She was born in New Jersey and raised partly in England, and is described as American and British.
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