Cast & creator
Lynn Cohen
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Lynn Harriette Kay
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film credits
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television credits
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1989–2023 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (85)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Art Teacher
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rosa Doletti
1999
Law & Order
Elizabeth Mizener
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mina Cohen
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Anna Ansel
2001
Chicago Med
Rose Wechsler
2015
Sex and the City
Magda
1998
Damages
Stefania McKee
2007
Nurse Jackie
Mrs. Zimberg
2009
The Affair
Joan Bailey
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Mags Flanagan
2013
God Friended Me
Rose
2018
Master of None
Carol
2015
Getting On
Mrs. Carmaglia
2013
Sex and the City
Magda
2008
Munich
Golda Meir
2005
Eagle Eye
Mrs. Wierzbowski
2008
The Cobbler
Sarah Simkin
2014
Sex and the City 2
Magda
2010
Everybody's Fine
Old Woman on First Train
2009
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Line Producer
2010
Invincible
Mrs. Spegnetti
2006
They Came Together
Bubby
2014
Synecdoche, New York
Caden's Mother
2008
The Station Agent
Patty at the Good to Go
2003
Across the Universe
Grandmother Carrigan
2007
Deconstructing Harry
Janet's Mom
1997
Deception
Woman
2008
A Case of You
Harriet
2013
The Vigil
Mrs. Litvak
2020
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Lilian House
1993
Cradle Will Rock
Silvano - Mama
1999
Then She Found Me
Trudy Epner
2007
Vanya on 42nd Street
Maman
1994
The Life Before Her Eyes
Sister Beatrice
2008
I Shot Andy Warhol
Hotel Earle Concierge
1996
Łódź Ghetto
(voice)
1989
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Nonnie
2019
The Hottest State
Harris's Mother
2007Angry
Mother
1991
The Extra Man
Lois Huber
2010
Fast Food Fast Women
Jesse
2000
A Little Help
Mrs. Cosolito
2010
Golden Years
Receptionist
1991
Somewhere Tonight
Mrs. Pecorino
2011
Olympia
Self
2018
Just One Time
Sophia
1999
7 Splinters in Time
Babs
2018
Once We Were Strangers
Natasha
1997
The Giraffe
David's Mother
1999
Staten Island
Dr. Leikovic
2009
I Am a Seagull
Lynn / Aged Nina
2019
Walden: Life in The Woods
Alice
2017
Lingua Franca
Olga
2020Floating Sunflowers
Old Lady
2014
Walking and Talking
Andrew's Mom
1996
Not Waving but Drowning
Sylvia
2012
Oma
Ethel Mueller
2017
Benji the Dove
Miss O'Dell
2017
Eavesdrop
May
2008
The Counterfeit Contessa
Angie Nardino
1994
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
Self
2008
After Class
Agatha
2019
Hello Lonesome
Eleanor
2010
Sollers Point
Ladybug
2017
The Pickle Recipe
Rose
2016
The Jimmy Show
Ruth
2002
Emma Without Edmund
Emma
2020
The World Without You
Gretchen
2019
Gabriel
Nonny
2015
I Can Change
Widow Emerson
2020Castles in the Sky
Malkeh
2023Castles in the Sky
In Memory Of
2023
Art Machine
Roberta
2012
The Romance of Loneliness
Mina
2012
Bottled Up
2013
Beautiful Dreamer
Elderly Amy
2016
Evergreen
Grandmother
2004While the Widow Is Away
The Widow
2005Shakespeare in the Present
2011Write Me
Frida
2020Wherefore Art Thou
Juliet (80's)
2022
Tooth and Nail
Elaine
2018
All in Time
Mrs. Johnson
201637
Florel Bernstein
2013