Suzanne Collins (born 25 May 1978) is an English actress and businesswoman. She is known for portraying the role of
Nikki Shadwick on the
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
soap opera ''
Brookside Brookside may refer to:
Geography Canada
* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Bro ...
''.
Early life
Collins was born in Mill Road Hospital,
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
, in 1978. She attended
Prenton High School for Girls and then
Birkenhead Sixth Form College.
Career
At the age of 19, she landed the role of
Nikki Shadwick in ''
Brookside Brookside may refer to:
Geography Canada
* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Bro ...
'', joining the soap opera in 1998 and remaining until the last episode in 2003.
After the birth of her daughter, Mya, in 2004, she continued to work steadily, primarily on television in such series as
''Doctors'' and ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...
'', and also landed the role of Detective Annie Osborne in the 2006 film ''Lycanthropy''. She also played the role of Sarah in film ''Charlie Noades R.I.P.'' in 2009.
Collins played a "
WAG" in ''15 Minutes That Shook the World'' - a film about
Liverpool FC
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has ...
in Istanbul when they won the
Champions League. In 2015, she portrayed Jane in the movie ''Soft Lad''.
Collins was also the co-director of drama company High Horizons Ltd, founded by Collins and fellow actress Ann Marie Davies. They provided acting and filmmaking workshops, drama classes, and holiday clubs to schools and colleges throughout the UK.
In 2019, she portrayed the role of Mrs. Trantor in the
5Star
5Star (stylized as 5STAR) is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. It originally laun ...
prison drama ''
Clink
Clink may refer to:
* The Clink, a historic prison in Southwark, England
* The Clink (restaurant), British restaurants employing prisoners for rehabilitation
* Prison, in general
* CLINK, an algorithm for hierarchical clustering
* Channel Link ...
''.
Personal life
Collins married former footballer
Stephen Clemence
Stephen Neal Clemence (born 31 March 1978) is an English Association football, football coach and former player, who made nearly 250 appearances in the Premier League and English Football League, Football League playing as a midfielder and was r ...
in June 2017.
References
External links
*
Metro article on ''Fistful of Collars''
1978 births
Living people
Actresses from Liverpool
English soap opera actresses
English film actresses
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