Yes Ma'am Monday - The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan

Ma'am /mam/ noun
 - term of respectful or polite address used for a woman.
 - term of address for a ranking female officer.
 - term utilized for a person of the female gender that just saved your sorry butt from a horde of genetically mutated Nazi undead super soldiers.

Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie on AMC's The Walking Dead, has had roles in other TV shows and action movies, including The Vampire Diaries (2010-2012), Death Race 2 (2010) and Supernatural (2007-2008). But that's not why she's the focus of Yes Ma'am Monday this week.

For this series, I usually give an explanation of why the term "Ma'am" should be used for the actress or character in question. But as the adage goes, one image is worth a thousand words.

Why is Lauren Cohen the subject of this week's pictorial?

Here's why:

Any questions?

Whether we're talking the character of Maggie, or the actress Lauren Cohen, I'd want her around in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

I'd never respond to her with words like "Sure babe." She unquestionably deserves a "Yes ma'am!"

Stephen Sumner is the science fiction columnist for Action A Go Go. His favorite sci-fi series include Firefly, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek. He can be followed on Twitter at Sumner@vierlights or on the Tumblr machine at NX01Sumner.