Margaret Colin

Margaret Colin is an actress. She was born on May 26, 1957, the daughter of a police officer and a crop duster.

She got her start in the soap opera The Edge of Night, playing an heiress and former terrorist. In seven months on that show her character survived seven murder attempts and ended up marrying her step brother. She followed that role with a longer stint on As The World Turns, originating the role of Margo Montgomery, a character which is still part of that show over twenty years later.

She has appeared on a number of prime-time television shows, starting with Foley Square and several early episodes of Chicago Hope.

Colin has also been in a number of movies, the most successful of which are probably Three Men and a Baby (1987), Independence Day (1996), and Unfaithful (2002).