Margaret Colin was born on May 26,1958 and is an American actress.
16 Facts About Margaret Colin
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Margaret Colin is known for her roles as Margo Hughes on As the World Turns and as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose on Gossip Girl.
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Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and was raised in Baldwin, New York, on Long Island.
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Margaret Colin is of Irish descent and was raised in a Catholic family; Margaret Colin graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1976, and after attended Hofstra University.
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Margaret Colin followed that role with a longer stint on As the World Turns, originating the role of Margo Montgomery, a character that endured nearly 30 years.
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Margaret Colin has appeared on a number of primetime television shows, starting with Foley Square, Leg Work, and several early episodes of Chicago Hope.
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Margaret Colin played Lisa Wiseman on the 1999 series Now and Again, with Eric Close and Dennis Haysbert.
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From 2007 to 2012, Margaret Colin played the recurring role of Eleanor Waldorf, mother of Blair Waldorf, on the teen drama television series Gossip Girl.
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Margaret Colin has been in a number of films, some of the most well-known including Something Wild, Three Men and a Baby, The Butcher's Wife, Independence Day, The Devil's Own, Unfaithful, and First Daughter.
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Margaret Colin appeared in the play Jackie: An American Life, in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy.
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In 2017, Margaret Colin appeared as a recurring character throughout the sixth season of the HBO comedy series Veep, playing fictional CBS News anchor Jane McCabe.
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Margaret Colin performed on Broadway as Mrs Mullin in the 2018 revival of Carousel.
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Margaret Colin met actor Justin Deas when he played her love interest, Tom Hughes, on As the World Turns.
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The couple have two sons, Sam and Joe, and Margaret Colin is stepmother of her husband's daughter from his first marriage.
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Margaret Colin is an anti-abortion activist and was formerly the honorary co-chair of Feminists for Life, an organization opposed to abortion.
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Margaret Colin is an honorary board member of the group Feminists for Nonviolent Choices.