Background
Collins was born in Houston, Texas, and has English, Scottish, Irish, and Cherokee ancestry.
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Lynn Collins
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She attended the Juilliard School"s Drama Division (Group 28: 1995–1999) where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Career
She made television appearances in True Blood and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and is recognized for her roles in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine and John Carter. Okinawa-style karate". During a childhood Christmas pageant in which she played Mistress
Claus, Collins discovered her love for acting.
Collins made her television debut in 1999, in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and went on to star onstage as Ophelia opposite Liev Schreiber in Hamlet, followed by a turn as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. After bit parts that included a stint on the show Haunted and roles in the movies Down with Love, 50 First Dates and 13 Going on 30, she gained notice playing Portia in the film The Merchant of Venice, starring opposite First Rate (at Lloyd's) Pacino, Joseph Fiennes and Jeremy Irons.
She furthered her profile in 2008 when she was cast as Jason Stackhouse"s girlfriend Dawn Green in the first season of the Home Box Office vampire series True Blood, and through a featured role as the hero"s love interest in the 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine opposite Hugh Jackman. Her first leading film role came in 2012 when she was cast as the headstrong Martian princess Dejah Thoris in John Carter.
