‘The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan To Return For Season 9

‘The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan To Return For Season 9

The Walking Dead star Lauren Cohan, whose future on the hit zombie apocalypse drama series has been in question, will be back for Season 9, AMC has confirmed.

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Cohan revealed the news Tuesday night to EW at CinemaCon where she was promoting her upcoming movie Mile 22 with Mark Wahlberg. “I’m going back,” she told EW. “There’s a lot more Maggie story to tell.” AMC confirmed the news to Deadline.

Stars Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus had previously closed deals for season 9.

A pivotal figure on the series based on Robert Kirkman’s comics, Cohan has been fighting for a pay increase in her new TWD contract with AMC, and going forward into its ninth season and beyond. As talks hit an impasse, the much-sought-out actress signed on in February as the female lead opposite Scott Foley in Whiskey Cavalier, ABC’s hourlong action-dramedy pilot from Bill Lawrence, Dave Hemingson and Warner Bros. TV.

In March, fellow TWD regular Khary Payton spoke out for the actress when he bluntly posted “pay the woman” on his Instagram account.

Season 9 begins filming next week.