Michelle Collins
Birthday: Born in 1961-05-28 in Hackney, East London, England
Deathday: Alive
Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1960) is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, Coronation Street as Stella Price, and BBC dramas Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky. At one time, she was also a TV presenter on The Word. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Family Ties
Character: Louise
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew....
French & Saunders
Character: Regan Lear
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
Gabriel's Fire
Character: Young Girl
Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season....
Best Week Ever
Character:
Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009. In January 2010, it was announced that the show was cancelled. On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013. On the show, comedians analyze the previous week's developments in pop culture, including recent happenings in entertainment and celebrity gossip. The show's tag...
The One Show
Character: Self
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One....
Bergerac
Character: Trace
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police....
The Bill
Character:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters....
EastEnders
Character: Cindy Beale
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough....
Strictly Come Dancing
Character: Self
A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?...
You Bet!
Character:
You Bet! is a British game show based around the format of the German show Wetten, dass..? developed by Frank Elstner. You Bet! ran on ITV, mostly on Saturday nights but sometimes on Fridays, between 20 February 1988 and 12 April 1997, initially hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1988 to 1990, then by Matthew Kelly from 1991 to 1995 and finally by Darren Day from 1996 to 1997. It was replaced the following year by Don't Try This At Home!, which emulated the challenges of You Bet!, but were considerabl...
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Character: Self
A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances....
Hill Street Blues
Character:
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station....
The Paul O'Grady Show
Character:
The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions....
Full House
Character: Abby
After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle....
Jake and the Fatman
Character:
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series....
Blossom
Character:
Blossom Russo is a highly intelligent and spunky teenager. The youngest of three, she lives with her divorced musician father, Nick, eldest brother and recovering substance abuser Anthony, and decidedly not-so-bright middle brother Joey. Along for the ride is Blossom's ditzy best friend, Six, who sometimes shows flashes of great perception....
7th Heaven
Character: Girl #1
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household....
Sunburn
Character: Nicki Matthews
Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind...
Two Thousand Acres of Sky
Character: Abby Wallace
Two Thousand Acres of Sky was a TV drama which aired on BBC Television from 2001 to 2003. It is also syndicated in the United States on PBS. It was created and written by Timothy Prager. The Executive Producer was Adrian Bate. The show takes place on the fictional island of Ronansay off the coast of Skye. The actual filming location was the sea-side village of Port Logan. In 2008, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation created a remake of the series called Himmelblå taking place on the island ...
The Last Detective
Character:
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans....
Up Rising
Character: Maxine Gaines
Sitcom set in a pretty village, but with very different inhabitants - including: a retired professional, his refined wife, a wealthy but tasteless couple, 'alternative lifestyle' followers, a lawyer, and a drunkard farmer. Lots of ridiculous situations, mix-ups, and double-entendres....
Live from Studio Five
Character: Self
Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. It was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness news and celebrity gossip, after originally covering stories from a popular news agenda. It aired its final edition on 4 February 2011 and was replaced by OK! TV in February 2011 which lasted just nine months ...
Daylight Robbery
Character: Kathy Lawrence
Daylight Robbery is a British television drama mini-series that aired on ITV from 9 September 1999 to 18 December 2000. Focusing on four Essex women struggling with personal and domestic problems, decide to turn to crime to make ends meet....
Doctor Who
Character: Kath McDonnell
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it....
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character: Treadwell
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over....
Death in Paradise
Character: Annette Burgess
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie....
Perfect
Character: Julie
A serial bigamist, Julie Harding (Michelle Collins) is a compulsive flirt with a wicked sense of humour. She loves a good wedding - especially her own - but Julie is a perfectionist, and the reality of married life doesn't always mirror the magic of the big day....
An Audience with...
Character: Self
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style....
Gotham Comedy Live
Character: Self - Host
Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to m...
A Question of Sport
Character: Herself
Sporting quiz show, with regular captains leading teams of celebrities....
Casualty
Character: Camille Lewis
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Celebrity Juice
Character: Self
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show....
Queens of Mystery
Character: Electra Bliss
Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set her up on blind dates....
Sea of Souls
Character: Katie Quinn
Sea of Souls follows para-psychologist Monaghan and his two sidekicks from a fictitious Scottish University that investigates paranormal activity....
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games....
The Weakest Link
Character: Self - Participant
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?...
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Character: Self
Takes viewers on a journey through time and space to relive all the action from the sci-fi show, featuring exclusive interviews with key actors offering unique insights on the classic moments....
Midsomer Murders
Character: Nadine Campbell
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty. ...
Cluedo
Character: Herself
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home....
Parkinson
Character: Self
Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show....
Movie Credits
My House
Character: Sarah
Carla lives life locked inside her house with her kind but tyrannical father. When their isolation is interrupted by a mysterious stranger, Carla questions the reasons for her family's withdrawal from the outside world and discovers dark secrets that redefine their existence....
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
Character: Nurse
Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker......
Lucky Sunil
Character: Daisy
Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?...
An Audience with Neil Diamond
Character: Self
In his first UK televised special, Neil Diamond treats his showbiz fans including Dame Judi Dench, the Zutons, Blur's Alex James, Alison Steadman, Ben Miller, Michelle Collins and Samantha Janus, to classic songs and new treasures while answering some his guest's questions....
Melodrive
Character: Nora
After separating from his wife due to an emotional affair, a homeward bound musician goes on a road trip, but after bumping into his high school sweetheart, his feelings become even more off balance....
The Haunting of Helen's Bridge
Character: Mrs. Thorne
Mary is the heir apparent to a substantial estate. She has not only inherited this affliction but also a family curse that speaks of an evil spirit haunting Helen's bridge....
Empire State
Character: Emma
In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for his friend who has disappeared in the entrails of the club....
Stephen
Character: Max
A docu-fiction hybrid following Stephen Giddings, a man from an addiction-afflicted family, who auditions for and takes on a film role, while transforming his life in the real world, blurring the lines between fact and fiction to examine addiction and recovery....
A Gangster's Kiss
Character: Sadie
For as long as Jack can remember, he and Danny have been friends, and Danny has always gotten Jack into trouble. He's had a few brushes with the law and blows up half a high street before deciding to turn to acting. Everything is going well until Jack lands his first feature film role and Danny agrees to shadow 'the family'. Jack soon realizes he is way over his head with deadly and hilarious consequences....
The Cancellation Of Jim Davidson
Character: Narrator
Comedian Jim Davidson offers an in-depth exploration of his life and unique career. Sign in to watchTrue, he's no longer the BBC's Mr Saturday Night. At one point he was earning £1.5 million a year as host of Big Break and The Generation Game. The BBC dropped him in 2002, but that was years before cancel culture, and even his manager admitted that he'd had a good run....
Good Neighbours
Character: Ria
Lorrie's father is keen on the idea of an anti-crime Neighbourhood Watch, but Lorrie has his doubts. A play for the BBC schools anthology Scene written by Leslie Stewart....
The Illustrated Mum
Character: Marigold Westward
Two sisters cope with the unpredictable behaviour of their depressed, alcoholic mother. Based on the novel by Jacqueline Wilson....
Personal Services
Character: June
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as pro...
Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
Character: Mandy Williams
A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history....
The Sleeper
Character: Diana
Violet Moon wants to be in control of the circumstances and people in her life. Particularly her son and daughter-in-law who she discovers are considering selling the farm where she has known some of the happiest times of her life. Violet's control is not only threatened by their decision, but also by the sudden reappearance of someone from her past whom she meets at a local spiritualists club. Someone who has the potential to resurrect a long buried secret as well expose her current plot to put...