Maggie Cohn
American screenwriter)
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Maggie Cohn is an American screenwriter. She is known for writing Lou, Narcos: Mexico, American Crime Story and The Staircase.[1]
Career
Cohn attended Vassar College in 2003.[2]
Cohn was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 2023 for The Staircase.[3] She previously won the award in 2019 for American Crime Story.[4] She also won a Producers Guild of America Award for American Crime Story.[5]
A television limited series called The Challenger was being written by Cohn, based on the 2023 Meredith Bagby book, The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel about the Space Shuttle Challenger, starring Kristen Stewart.[6] In March 2026, it was reported that Amazon Prime Video has ordered the series.[7]
Personal life
Cohn has been in a relationship with Colin Firth since 2022. They met on the set of the drama series, The Staircase.[8]