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| Birth Name(s) : Michelle Collins |
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Full Michelle Collins Biography
Michelle’s acting roots are firmly theatrical, as she trained at the Royal Court Activists and Cockpit Youth Theatre from the age of fourteen and progressed to Kingsway Princeton College, where she studied drama and theatre at O/A level.
After her exams, she landed a role in Bulgakov’s 'The Crimson Island' at The Gate Theatre, directed by Lou Stein. Her career changed direction when, having performed in the video for the Squeeze songs "Up the Junction" and "Cool for Cats", she joined Mari Wilson and The Wilsations as the backing singer, “Candide”. The band spent eighteen months touring the country, working with artists such as Marc Almond, Level 42, Altered Images and Kid Creole and the Coconuts. When the band broke up in 1982, she went back into acting and with the help of her friend, the British actor Tim Roth, she successfully gained a part in a musical with the late Gary Hutton and Gary Shail known as H.M.V.
In 2003 Michelle filmed the BBC drama Sea Of Souls and then went on to star in a film for Granada/Channel 4 called The Illustrated Mum, which told the story of two girls coping with the unpredictable behaviour of their depressed, alcoholic mother. The film, written by Jacqueline Wilson, was based on the children’s novel of the same name. It was screened to great acclaim over Christmas 2003 and has gone on to win an Emmy Award and two BAFTA's.
She starred in the West End musical Daddy Cool, and while working during the night there shot sequences for a cameo in the short film Broken written and directed by Vicki Psarias, to be shown at film festivals from April 2007; and will feature in the film Don't Stop Dreaming due for release late 2006/early 2007. She left Daddy Cool in January 2007 to shoot the Doctor Who episode "42". .
On July 2, 2007, it was announced that Michelle has been cast for the lead role of Karina Faith in new ITV drama series, Rock Rivals, produced by Shed Productions.
Collins complex love life includes dating cameraman Mark Waters for two years, met while filming the BBC travel rep drama Sunburn; and lighting technician David Oldroyd, met while shooting the BBC's Two Thousand Acres of Sky. Collins and her Welsh boyfriend Parry Cockwell called off their wedding in February 2005, saying things were moving too fast, before splitting in October 2005.
She is apparently a Swansea City F.C. fan, after appearing at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea during Swansea City's League One match with Rotherham on 17 April 2006. She took a penalty with the mascots at half time wearing a Swans shirt.
She was a chain-smoker, and tried quitting a number of times to become a social-smoker who didn't buy her own cigarettes. She eventually undertook hypnosis to give up and protect her voice for her role in Daddy Cool.
Michelle is heavily involved in charitable causes. She is an ambassador for Oxfam and has visited Brazil, South Africa and Armenia promoting the need for the basic right to education. She also continues to be involved with a variety of fund raising projects for Stonewall, Smart Justice; and Breakthrough Breast Cancer where she is a spokesperson for a project to recruit 100,000 women to research the causes of breast cancer. |
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