Background
Colleen grew up in Norwood, New Jersey and was cast to play the role of Meg Ryan"s daughter on the soap opera As the World Turns at the age of two months.
Colleen grew up in Norwood, New Jersey and was cast to play the role of Meg Ryan"s daughter on the soap opera As the World Turns at the age of two months.
However, when Colleen was in second grade, her mother pulled her out of showbiz so that she could enjoy a normal childhood. At age 12, she was published in The New York Times Magazine and spent the summer after her sophomore year of college working as Associate Editor of both Life Story and Movie Magic magazines. During her senior year at the University of Delaware, she studied under Cable News Network news veteran Ralph Begleiter and appeared on the school"s weekly Delegate-AWARE news program
In 2005, Colleen graduated with honors from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and concentration in Mass Media.
She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Popstar! magazine and still acts occasionally, most recently appearing in The Winning Season with Rooney Mara and Sam Rockwell.