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Lynn Collins

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Lynn Collins
Collins at the X-Men Origins: Wolverine premiere, April 2009
Born	Viola Lynn Collins (1977-05-16) May 16, 1977 (age 47) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouses	Steven Strait (m. 2007; div. 2013) Matthew Boyle (m. 2014; div. 2016)
Children	1

Viola Lynn Collins (born May 16, 1977) is an American actress. She has made television appearances in True Blood (2008), Manhunt: Unabomber (2017) and The Walking Dead (2021–2022), and is recognized for her roles in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and John Carter (2012).

Youth and education

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Viola Lynn Collins was born in College Station, Texas,^[1] on May 16, 1977.^[2] Collins has claimed English, Scottish, Irish, and Cherokee ancestry.^[3]^[4] Collins grew up in Houston, Texas, and lived in Singapore from ages 4 to 10.^[5]^[6] She also spent several summers in Japan.^[7] During a childhood Christmas pageant in which she played Mrs. Claus, Collins discovered her love for acting.^[8]^{[better source needed]}

She attended Singapore American School and Klein High School in Texas.^{[citation needed]} She moved to New York City at the age of 17 to enroll at Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 28: 1995–1999), where she graduated in 1999^[9] with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.^[1]

Career

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Collins made her television debut in 1999, in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and went on to star onstage as Ophelia opposite Liev Schreiber in Hamlet, followed by a turn as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.^[8]^{[better source needed]} After bit parts that included a stint on the show Haunted and roles in the movies Down with Love, 50 First Dates and 13 Going on 30,^[8]^{[better source needed]} she gained notice in the film The Merchant of Venice as the female lead Portia, alongside Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes and Jeremy Irons,^[8]^{[better source needed]} Collins' audition tape for the supporting role of Jessica having so impressed director Michael Radford that—upon Cate Blanchett's opting out as Portia (due to pregnancy)—Radford had championed Collins becoming Blanchett's replacement.^[10]^[11]

She furthered her profile in 2008 when she was cast as Jason Stackhouse's girlfriend Dawn Green in the first season of the HBO vampire series True Blood, and through a featured role as the hero's love interest Kayla Silverfox in the 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine opposite Hugh Jackman. Her first leading film role came in 2012 when she was cast as the headstrong Martian princess Dejah Thoris in John Carter.^[12]^[13]

Personal life

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Collins married Steven Strait on December 23, 2007,^[14] after a four-year relationship.^[6] Collins and Strait separated in 2013.^[15]^{[citation needed]}

She married Matthew Boyle in November 2014. They divorced in 2016. They have a son.^[15]^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, she posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine.^[16]

Collins was raised in a "very, very religious" family of Southern Baptists, and has since explored several religious faiths, describing herself as a "pretty spiritual person."^[3]^[17]

Filmography

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Never Get Outta the Boat	Stacy	^{[citation needed]}
2003	Down with Love	Beatnik Girl
2004	50 First Dates	Linda
	13 Going on 30	Wendy
	The Merchant of Venice	Portia
2006	Return to Rajapur	Sara Reardon
	Bug	R.C.
	The Lake House	Mona
	The Dog Problem	Lola
2007	The Number 23	Suicide Blonde/Mrs. Dobkins/Young Fingerling's Mother
	Numb	Sara Harrison
	Towelhead	Thena Panos
2008	Life in Flight	Kate Voss
2008	Uncertainty	Kate Montero
2009	Blood Creek	Barb	^{[citation needed]}
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Kayla Silverfox
2010	City Island	Vince's Bombshell Girlfriend
2011	Angels Crest	Cindy
2011	10 Years	Anna
2012	John Carter	Dejah Thoris
2012	Unconditional	Samantha Crawford
2013	The Wolverine	Kayla Silverfox	Archival Audio (uncredited)
2015	Lost in the Sun	Mary
2016	The Hollow Point	Marla
2019	Rim of the World	Major Collins
2020	Beneath Us	Liz Rhodes
2024	Someone Like You	Louise Quinn

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Virginia Hayes	1 episode
2001	Earth Angels	Catarin	Television movie
2001	The Education of Max Bickford		1 episode
2002	Push, Nevada	BRB's Wife	1 episode
2002	Haunted	Assistant D.A. Jessica Manning	5 episodes
2008	True Blood	Dawn Green	Series regular (6 episodes)
2013	Elementary	Tanya Barrett	1 episode
2014	Covert Affairs	Olga Akarova	3 episodes
2015	A Mother Betrayed	Monica	Television movie
2017	Manhunt: Unabomber	Natalie Rogers	7 episodes
2019	The Fix	Dr. Carys Daly	2 episodes
2020	Bosch	Alicia Kent	8 episodes
2021–2022	The Walking Dead	Leah Shaw	10 episodes

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	9th Golden Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy	The Merchant of Venice	Nominated
2009	11th Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Fresh Face – Female	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Nominated

References

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^ ^a ^b "Lynn Collins - Biography". Baseline StudioSystems. 2010. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via The New York Times.
^ Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005.
^ ^a ^b Millar, John (March 4, 2012). "Classic Actress Turns Alien Princess for Out-of-this-World Movie Epic 'John Carter'". Daily Record. Glasgow, Scotland. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
^ Ryan, Mike (March 9, 2012). "Lynn Collins, 'John Carter' Star, Cried While Reading the Script (In a Good Way)". The Huffington Post. BuzzFeed. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
^ Ramsey, Nancy (December 26, 2004). "The trials of a young talent". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Barna, Ben (March 7, 2012). "Lynn Collins is Ready to Blast-Off in the Epic 'John Carter'". BlackBook [BlackBookMag.com]. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-12. When you're a functioning alcoholic, you can hide it. And I was young enough that it didn't show in my face. But it got to a point where somebody was like, it's not cute anymore, and I was like, Oh God.
^ Busch, Jenna (March 9, 2012). "'John Carter': Lynn Collins on Female Warriors, Actor Slapping". Zap2it.com. Nexstar Media Group. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Top 99 Women, 2012 Edition: Lynn Collins". AskMen.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ "Alumni News". The Juilliard School. May 2008. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011.
^ New York Daily News 26 December 2004 "Power to Her Portia: actress Lynn Collins breaks out in Merchant of Venice film" by John Clark p.11 (Sunday Now)
^ Philadelphia Inquirer January 28, 2005 "Onscreen: a Merchant of fine measure" by Carrie Rickey p.W3
^ Kit, Borys (June 12, 2009). "Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins blast off to Mars". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
^ Marr, Madeleine (March 7, 2012). "Lynn Collins is 'John Carter's' Warrior Princess". The Miami Herald. McClatchy Newspapers. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
^ Gelt, Jessica (September 9, 2000). "Supper Club, where dining is a class act". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Other sun-soaked Hollywood guests included actress Lynn Collins ('True Blood' and 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine') and her husband, actor Steven Strait....
^ ^a ^b Chaudhary, Rakesh. "Steven Strait Felt No Compunctions about Dating Actresses after Divorce with Wife Lynn Collins". hollywoodmask. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
^ The Naked Truth: Five Celebrities Bare It All Allure. Archived on April 15, 2009.
^ Fanning, Evan. "Down to Earth with the Most Beautiful Woman in the Universe". The Independent. UK. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012.

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