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.

Filmography

• 2023Castles in the Sky — Malkeh, In Memory Of
• 2022Wherefore Art Thou — Juliet (80's)
• 2020Emma Without Edmund — Emma
• 2020I Can Change — Widow Emerson
• 2020Lingua Franca — Olga
• 2020The Vigil — Mrs. Litvak
• 2020Write Me — Frida
• 2019After Class — Agatha
• 2019Feast of the Seven Fishes — Nonnie
• 2019I Am a Seagull — Lynn / Aged Nina
• 2019The World Without You — Gretchen
• 20187 Splinters in Time — Babs
• God Friended Me — Rose
• 2018Tooth and Nail — Elaine
• 2017Benji the Dove — Miss O'Dell
• 2017Oma — Ethel Mueller
• 2017Sollers Point — Ladybug
• 2017Walden: Life in The Woods — Alice
• 2016All in Time — Mrs. Johnson
• 2016Beautiful Dreamer — Elderly Amy
• 2016The Pickle Recipe — Rose
• Chicago Med — Rose Wechsler
• 2015Gabriel — Nonny
• Master of None — Carol
• 2014Floating Sunflowers — Old Lady
• The Affair — Joan Bailey
• 2014The Cobbler — Sarah Simkin
• 2014They Came Together — Bubby
• 201337 — Florel Bernstein
• 2013A Case of You — Harriet
• 2013Bottled Up
• Getting On — Mrs. Carmaglia
• 2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Mags Flanagan
• 2012Art Machine — Roberta
• 2012Not Waving but Drowning — Sylvia
• 2012The Romance of Loneliness — Mina
• 2011Shakespeare in the Present
• 2011Somewhere Tonight — Mrs. Pecorino
• 2010A Little Help — Mrs. Cosolito
• 2010A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures — Line Producer
• 2010Hello Lonesome — Eleanor
• 2010Sex and the City 2 — Magda
• 2010The Extra Man — Lois Huber
• 2009Everybody's Fine — Old Woman on First Train
• Nurse Jackie — Mrs. Zimberg
• 2009Staten Island — Dr. Leikovic
• 2008Deception — Woman
• 2008Eagle Eye — Mrs. Wierzbowski
• 2008Eavesdrop — May
• 2008Sex and the City — Magda
• 2008Synecdoche, New York — Caden's Mother
• 2008The Life Before Her Eyes — Sister Beatrice
• 2007Across the Universe — Grandmother Carrigan
• Damages — Stefania McKee
• 2007The Hottest State — Harris's Mother
• 2007Then She Found Me — Trudy Epner
• 2006Invincible — Mrs. Spegnetti
• 2005Munich — Golda Meir
• 2005While the Widow Is Away — The Widow
• 2004Evergreen — Grandmother
• 2003The Station Agent — Patty at the Good to Go
• 2002The Jimmy Show — Ruth
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Mina Cohen, Anna Ansel
• 2000Fast Food Fast Women — Jesse
• 1999Cradle Will Rock — Silvano - Mama
• 1999Just One Time — Sophia
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Art Teacher, Rosa Doletti
• 1999The Giraffe — David's Mother
• Sex and the City — Magda
• 1997Deconstructing Harry — Janet's Mom
• 1997Once We Were Strangers — Natasha
• 1996I Shot Andy Warhol — Hotel Earle Concierge
• 1996Walking and Talking — Andrew's Mom
• 1994The Counterfeit Contessa — Angie Nardino
• 1994Vanya on 42nd Street — Maman
• 1993Manhattan Murder Mystery — Lilian House
• 1991Angry — Mother
• 1991Golden Years — Receptionist
• Law & Order — Elizabeth Mizener
• 1989Łódź Ghetto — (voice)

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2018Olympia — Self
• 2008Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was — Self