Margaret Colin

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,... Full Biography