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Los Angeles, CA, United States (4E) - Lynn Cohen joins the cast for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Lionsgate announced Thursday.

Cohen, who is known as the old-fashioned housekeeper and nanny of Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City, will be playing Mags in the Hunger Games franchise.

Mags is an 80-year-old former Hunger Games victor from District 4 and former mentor to Finnick Odair.

Cohen, aside from appearing in the abovementioned HBO series and movie, also appeared in Steven Spielberg's "Munich" and Charlie Kaufman's "Synechdoche, NY." Her upcoming projects include "They Came Together," alongside Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler.

The Hunger Games will be directed by Francis Lawrence and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force, and John Kilik. It is set for release on November 22, 2013.

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