Margaret Colin
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
A versatile, no-nonsense actress, Margaret Colin has moved easily between TV and films throughout her career, from such acclaimed series as Chicago Hope to Hollywood blockbusters and independent features.Born in Brooklyn to a large Irish-Catholic family and raised on Long Island, Colin began acting in elementary school. Along with winning a drama scholarship to Hofstra University, Colin studied the craft at the Stella Adler Conservatory and Juilliard. Leaving school for a career in Manhattan, Colin soon landed on the TV daytime dramas Edge of Night and As the World Turns in the early '80s. Colin made the move to feature films playing one of teen icon Molly Ringwald's teachers in Pretty in Pink (1986) and psycho Ray Liotta's wife in Jonathan Demme's off-kilter romance Something Wild (1986). With substantial roles in the TV movies The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) and Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987), and the cop series Leg Work (1987) created as a vehicle for her, Colin was poised to become a small-screen star. Leg Work, however, didn't last beyond its first season. Nevertheless, Colin remained quite visible, appearing as Tom Selleck's love interest in the wildly popular feature comedy Three Men and a Baby (1987) and earning kudos for her turn as an intrepid investigator in the James Woods legal drama True Believer (1989). Back on the small screen, Colin starred in the well-received docudrama Goodnight, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990).Though she decided to start a family with husband and erstwhile daytime TV colleague Justin Deas, Colin continued to work regularly. After sharing screen time with such stars as Demi Moore, Nicolas Cage, and Samuel L. Jackson in the ill-received feature comedies The Butcher's Wife (1991) and Amos and Andy (1993), and appearing as a regular guest on CBS's lauded hospital drama Chicago Hope, Colin landed roles in two high-profile movies. As the President's press secretary and addled scientist Jeff Goldblum's ex, Colin was a key part of the ensemble battling an apocalyptic alien attack in the flashy summer blockbuster Independence Day (1996). Harking back to her family's history in law enforcement, Colin was then cast as N.Y.C. Irish cop Harrison Ford's wife in the political thriller The Devil's Own (1997). Despite the presence of Ford and co-star Brad Pitt, however, The Devil's Own was a financial disappointment. Colin fared better, at least critically, with her role as the title character's mother in the indie teen comedy The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998). Cast as John Goodman's wife in CBS's supernatural spy series Now and Again (1999), Colin then seemed to be on the verge of regular TV series work again, but Now and Again failed to live up to the hype. After a handful of roles in independent and TV films, including coming-of-age drama and Sundance Film Festival entrant Blue Car (2002), Colin returned to glossy Hollywood product with an appearance as one of Diane Lane's friends in the infidelity potboiler Unfaithful (2002).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | The Broken Ones |
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— | 2018 |
82% | Equity |
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$1.7M | 2016 |
95% | Tramps |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Stealing Chanel |
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— | 2015 |
71% | Kelly & Cal |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Are You Joking? |
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— | 2014 |
28% | Backwards |
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$62k | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Happenstance |
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— | 2012 |
64% | The Missing Person |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | iMurders |
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— | 2008 |
11% | Deception |
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$4.6M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | A Broken Sole |
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— | 2007 |
8% | First Daughter |
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$9.1M | 2004 |
80% | Blue Car |
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— | 2003 |
50% | Unfaithful |
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$52.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | The Wedding Dress |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | My Husband's Double Life |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Private Lies |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Hit and Run |
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— | 1999 |
43% | Adventures of Sebastian Cole |
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— | 1998 |
35% | The Devil's Own |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Time to Say Goodbye? |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Milk & Money |
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— | 1996 |
67% | Independence Day |
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— | 1996 |
17% | Amos & Andrew |
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— | 1993 |
25% | The Butcher's Wife |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Martians Go Home |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Traveling Man |
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— | 1989 |
95% | True Believer |
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— | 1989 |
76% | Three Men and a Baby (3 Men and a Baby) |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Like Father, Like Son |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
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— | 1987 |
91% | Something Wild |
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— | 1986 |
75% | Pretty in Pink |
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— | 1986 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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8% |
The I-Land
2019
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No Score Yet |
Shades of Blue
2016-2018
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93% |
Veep
2012-2019
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No Score Yet |
Madam Secretary
2014-2019
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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95% |
Elementary
2012-2019
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No Score Yet |
Blue Bloods
2010
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84% |
Gossip Girl
2007-2012
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94% |
Royal Pains
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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45% |
Madigan Men
2000
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100% |
Now and Again
1999-2000
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No Score Yet |
Chicago Hope
1994-2000
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No Score Yet |
Magnum, P.I.
1980-1988
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No Score Yet |
Heirloom
2016
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50% |
Sibs
1992
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