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My Take
Margaret Colin is one of those wonderfully reliable character actors who shows up in projects spanning decades and always delivers something you remember. Growing up in Brooklyn and training at Hofstra University, she built a career that quietly crossed every screen — I first noticed her as Constance Spano, the sharp White House Communications Director in Independence Day, holding her own in a cast packed with big names and alien chaos. Before that she was the original Margo Hughes on As the World Turns, doing the daily grind of daytime drama that not enough people respect. But honestly, her long run as Eleanor Waldorf on Gossip Girl is what sealed her legacy for a whole generation — icy, precise, and genuinely funny, she made every scene feel like a privilege to watch. The Theatre World Award in 1998 just confirms she was always a stage-caliber talent hiding inside a TV career.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Margaret Colin
- Name (Japanese)
- マーガレット・コリン
- Reading
- まーがれっと・こりん
- Born
- May 26, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- University
- Hofstra University
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Theatre World Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Margaret Colin born?
Born May 26, 1958 (age 68).
Where is Margaret Colin from?
Margaret Colin is from Brooklyn, New York, United States.
What does Margaret Colin do?
Margaret Colin works as actor, television actor, film actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.