Lynn Collins Biography
Lynn Collins is a well-known American actress. She has appeared on television in True Blood, Manhunt: Unabomber, and The Walking Dead, and in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine and John Carter.
How old is Lynn Collins? – Age
She is 46 years old as of 16 May 2023. She was born Viola Lynn Collins in 1977 in Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Who is Lynn Collins’s mother? – Parents – Education
She was born to Phillip Dean Collins and Patricia Lynn Campbell. She is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, but she also claims Cherokee ancestry. In Texas, she attended Singapore American School and Klein High School. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Juilliard School’s Drama Division.
Who is Lynn Collins married to? – Husband
Collins married actor Steven Strait, then 21, on December 23, 2007, after a four-year relationship. In 2013, Collins and Strait divorced. In November 2014, she married Matthew Boyle. In 2016, they divorced. They have a child.
Lynn Collins Career
Collins made her television debut in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode in 1999, then went on to feature onstage as Ophelia opposite Liev Schreiber in Hamlet, followed by Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She rose to prominence in the film The Merchant of Venice as the female lead Portia, opposite Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, and Jeremy Irons, after a term on the show Haunted and roles in the films Down with Love, 50 First Dates, and 13 Going on 30. Collins’ audition tape for the supporting character of Jessica had so pleased director Michael Radford that when Cate Blanchett opted out as Portia (due to pregnancy), Radford advocated for Collins to take her place.
She rose to prominence in 2008 as Jason Stackhouse’s girlfriend Dawn Green in the first season of the HBO vampire series True Blood, and in 2009 as the hero’s love interest Kayla Silverfox in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, alongside Hugh Jackman. Her first starring part came in 2012 when she was cast in John Carter as the rebellious Martian princess Dejah Thoris.
Lynn Collins’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Lynn Collins Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
♦ 2008 – Life in Flight
♦ 2008 – Uncertainty
♦ 2009 – Blood Creek
♦ 2009 – X-Men Origins: Wolverine
♦ 2010 – City Island
♦ 2011 – Angels Crest
♦ 2012 – John Carter
♦ 2012 – Unconditional
♦ 2013 – The Wolverine
♦ 2015 – Lost in the Sun
♦ 2016 – The Hollow Point
♦ 2019 – Rim of the World
♦ 2020 – Beneath Us
TV Shows:
♦ 1999 – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
♦ 2001 – Earth Angels
♦ 2001 – The Education of Max Bickford
♦ 2002 – Push, Nevada
♦ 2002 – Haunted
♦ 2008 – True Blood
♦ 2013 – Elementary
♦ 2014 – Covert Affairs
♦ 2015 – A Mother Betrayed
♦ 2017 – Manhunt: Unabomber
♦ 2019 – The Fix
♦ 2020 – Bosch
♦ 2021–2022 – The Walking Dead