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Margaret Colin

Highest Rated: 96% True Believer (1989)

Lowest Rated: 8% First Daughter (2004)

Birthday: May 26, 1958

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Margaret Colin, the daughter of a NYC policeman, came to the attention of TV audiences during the early 1980s with her portrayal of crusading cop Margot Montgomery Hughes on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" (1979-82). She also appeared as a tough NYPD detective who liked to gamble on the short-lived series "The Wright Verdicts" (CBS, 1995) and was on the side of the law as a dedicated assistant district attorney in the sitcom "Foley Square" (CBS, 1985-86). Based in New York, Colin commuted to L.A. for the short-lived "Sibs" (ABC, 1991-92), in which she was the neurotic middle sister to Marsha Mason and Jamie Gertz, and a recurring role as a terminally ill doctor romanced by Dr. Aaron Shutt (Adam Arkin) on "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994). She appeared sporadically in TV-movies, including "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (CBS, 1987), "Warm Hearts, Cold Feet" (CBS, 1987) and "In the Shadow of Evil" (CBS, 1995). Colin was featured in the sci-fi hit "Independence Day" (1996), as a presidential press secretary helping in the fight against an alien invasion. She next teamed with Harrison Ford as a married couple who unwittingly harbored an Irish terrorist (Brad Pitt) in Alan J. Pakula's "The Devil's Own" (1997). Taking a brief respite from films, Colin made her Broadway debut as former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the comedy "Jackie." More recently she landed the recurring role of Eleanor Waldorf in "Gossip Girl" (CW, 2007-12) and as Linda Wozniak in "Shades of Blue" (NBC, 2015-18).

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Highest rated movies

96% 63% True Believer
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91% 69% Something Wild
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91% 69% Tramps Watchlist
81% 65% Blue Car
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70% 54% Kelly & Cal
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68% 75% Independence Day Watchlist
67% 44% The Missing Person
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67% 48% Three Men and a Baby
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50% 68% Unfaithful
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43% 70% The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Wiser Men and a Boy Barbara (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet 87% Three Wise Men and a Baby Barbara Brenner (Character) - 2022
38% 78% The Road to Galena Margaret Kenney (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 79% The Broken Ones Janet Kelly (Character) - 2018
91% 69% Tramps Evelyn (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stealing Chanel Constance Borden (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 82% You Must Be Joking Linda Schwartz (Character) - 2014
70% 54% Kelly & Cal Janice (Character) $5.4K 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Camilla Dickinson Mona Rowan (Character) - 2012
28% 52% Backwards Mrs. Brooks (Character) $61.5K 2012
67% 44% The Missing Person Lana Cobb (Character) $17.6K 2009
No Score Yet 14% iMurders Carol Uberoth (Character) - 2008
10% 31% Deception Ms. Pomerantz (Character) $4.6M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Broken Sole Nan (Character) - 2007
8% 43% First Daughter Melanie Mackenzie (Character) $9.1M 2004
81% 65% Blue Car Diane (Character) $464.1K 2002
50% 68% Unfaithful Sally (Character) $52.8M 2002
No Score Yet 58% The Wedding Dress Madeline Carver (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 30% The Familiar Stranger Elizabeth "Peachy" Welsh (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bye Bye America Ellen (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Private Lies Ellen (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swing Vote Linda Kirkland (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hit and Run Joanna Kendall (Character) - 1999
43% 70% The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Joan Cole (Character) $100.0K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Time to Say Goodbye? Kristen Hamstra (Character) - 1997
37% 41% The Devil's Own Sheila O'Meara (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 20% Milk and Money Lorraine (Character) - 1997
68% 75% Independence Day Constance Spano/Levinson (Character) $306.2M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Shadow of Evil Dr. Molly Nostrand (Character) - 1995
17% 31% Amos & Andrew Judy Gillman (Character) $9.5M 1993
28% 30% The Butcher's Wife Robyn (Character) $8.9M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston Michelle Caruso (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 14% Martians Go Home! Sara Brody (Character) $131.3K 1990
No Score Yet 80% Traveling Man Joanna Reath (Character) - 1989
96% 63% True Believer Kitty Greer (Character) $8.7M 1989
No Score Yet 36% Like Father, Like Son Ginnie Armbruster (Character) $33.8M 1987
67% 48% Three Men and a Baby Rebecca (Character) $167.8M 1987
No Score Yet 29% The Return of Sherlock Holmes Jane Watson (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Warm Hearts, Cold Feet Amy Webster (Character) - 1987
91% 69% Something Wild Irene (Character) $6.4M 1986

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No Score Yet 75% Shades of Blue Linda Wozniak (Guest Star) 2017-2018
97% 78% Younger Stacey (Guest Star) 2017
93% 90% Veep Jane McCabe (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 79% Madam Secretary Judith Fanning (Guest Star) 2015
77% 68% Gotham Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
95% 89% Elementary Natalie Gale (Guest Star) 2013
93% 90% The Good Wife Rochelle (Guest Star) 2013
84% 79% Gossip Girl Eleanor Waldorf (Guest Star) 2007-2012
81% 88% Nurse Jackie Trish (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Melanie Maines (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 80% Medium Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
94% 78% Royal Pains Lucy Everett (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
45% No Score Yet Madigan Men Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
100% 86% Now and Again Lisa Wiseman (Character) 1999-2000
50% No Score Yet Sibs Audie Ruscio (Character) 1991-1992
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Connie Northrop (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leg Work Claire McCarron (Character) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Foley Square Alex Harrigan (Character) 1985-1986