Lynn Cohen

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 especially 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, and for portraying Mags in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[1]

The daughter of Louis Kay and Bertha Cornsweet Kay,[2] Lynn Harriette Kay was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a Jewish family.[3] She studied for a year each at the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University, after which she moved to St. Louis, where she began acting in regional theater