Margaret Colin

• Name — Margaret Colin • Born — 26 May 1958 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1976–present • Children — 2

Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and was raised in Baldwin, New York, on Long Island. She is of Irish descent and was raised in a large Catholic family. She graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1976, and after attended Hofstra University.

Colin began her acting career 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 stepbrother. She followed that role with a longer stint on As the World Turns, originating the role of Margo Montgomery, a character that endured nearly 30 years. She has appeared on a number of primetime television shows, starting with Foley Square, Leg Work, and several early episodes of Chicago Hope. She played Lisa Wiseman on the 1999 series Now and Again, with Eric Close and Dennis Haysbert. In 2003, she appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit titled "Tortured", playing a mother/bakery owner who was later arrested for abetting a murder. From 2007 to 2012, Colin played the recurring role of Eleanor Waldorf, mother of Blair Waldorf, on the teen drama television series Gossip Girl. In the pilot episode, Eleanor was played by One Life to Live actress Florencia Lozano. Colin has also been in a number of films, some of the most well-known including Something Wild (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987), The Butcher's Wife (1991), Independence Day (1996), The Devil's Own (1997), Unfaithful (2002), and First Daughter (2004). She also appeared in the play Jackie: An American Life, in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy. During her 2003 performance of the English play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on Broadway, Colin smoked her way through the second half of the show and dedicated the performance to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in defiance of the state's smoking ban. After the play finished its run, she gave up smoking. In 2017, Colin appeared as a recurring character throughout the sixth season of the HBO comedy series Veep, playing fictional CBS News anchor Jane McCabe. Along with her fellow cast members, Colin won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2019, she reprised her role as McCabe in the seventh season premiere of Veep and again in the series finale. Colin performed on Broadway as Mrs. Mullin in the 2018 revival of Carousel.

Colin met actor Justin Deas when he played her love interest, Tom Hughes, on As the World Turns. They were married in January 1988. The couple have two sons, Sam and Joe, and Colin is stepmother of her husband's daughter from his first marriage. The family moved to Upper Montclair, New Jersey in the late 1990s. She is an anti-abortion activist and was formerly the honorary co-chair of Feminists for Life, an organization opposed to abortion. Colin is an honorary board member of the group Feminists for Nonviolent Choices.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1979 — The — Paige Madison — Series regular, daily soap opera • 1980–83 — As the World Turns — Margo Hughes — Series regular, daily soap opera • 1985–86 — Foley Square — Alex Harrigan — Main cast • 1987 — Leg Work — Claire McCarron — Main cast • 1987 — The — Jane Watson — TV movie • 1987 — Warm Hearts, Cold Feet — Amy Webster — TV movie • 1988 — Magnum, P.I. — Connie Northrop — Episode: "Legend of the Lost Art" • 1989 — Traveling Man — Joanna Reath — TV movie • 1990 — Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston — Michelle Caruso — TV movie • 1991–92 — Sibs — Audie Ruscio — Main cast • 1994 — Related by Birth — Audie Ruscio — Television special • 1994 — Chicago Hope — Dr. Karen Antonovich — 5 episodes • 1995 — In the Shadow of Evil — Molly Nostrand — TV movie • 1995 — The Wright Verdicts — Sandy Hamor — Main cast • 1999 — Hit & Run — Joanna Kendall — TV movie • 1999 — Swing Vote — Linda Kirkland — TV movie • 1999–2000 — Now and Again — Lisa Wiseman — Main cast • 2000 — Madigan Men — Vonda Madigan — Episode: "Pilot" • 2001 — Private Lies — Ellen — TV movie • 2001 — The — Elizabeth 'Peachy' Welsh — TV movie • 2001 — The — Madeline Carver — TV movie • 2003 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Mrs. Krug — Episode: "Tortured" • 2004 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Dr. Eloise Barnes — Episode: "Shrink-Wrapped" • 2007–12 — Gossip Girl — Eleanor Waldorf — Recurring role (seasons 1–5), guest appearance (season 6) • 2009 — Royal Pains — Lucy Everett — Episode: "Strategic Planning" • 2010 — Law & Order — Mary Markson — Episode: "Four Cops Shot" • 2010 — Medium — Kelly Shuler — Episode: "It's a Wonderful Death" • 2012 — Blue Bloods — Melanie Maines — Episode: "Women with Guns" • 2012 — Nurse Jackie — Trish — 2 episodes • 2013 — The — Rochelle — Episode: "The Seven Day Rule" • 2013 — Elementary — Natalie Gale — Episode: "Blood Is Thicker" • 2014 — Gotham — Taylor Reece — Episode: "Viper" • 2015 — Madam Secretary — Judith Fanning — Season 2 Episode 7: "Catch and Release" • 2017–2019 — Veep — Jane McCabe — Recurring role (season 6), guest appearances (season 7) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series • 2017–2018 — Shades of Blue — Linda Wozniak — Recurring role (seasons 2–3) • 2019 — The Enemy Within — Evelyn Bell — Episode: "Sequestered" • 2019 — The I-Land — Dr. Stevenson — 2 episodes • 2021 — Chicago Med — Carol Conte — Recurring role (season 6) • 2021, 2023 — Gossip Girl — Eleanor Waldorf — 2 episodes (sequel series) • 2022 — Three Wise Men and a Baby — Barbara Brenner — TV movie • 2024 — Three Wiser Men and a Boy — Barbara Brenner — TV movie • 2025 — Three Wisest Men — Barbara Brenner — TV movie

Margaret Colin is established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 14165660v. Established in Library of Congress under no96063133. Established in FAST under 1530740. Recorded as television actor.