Background
Collins was born in Mill Road Hospital, Liverpool, England in 1978.
Collins was born in Mill Road Hospital, Liverpool, England in 1978.
She attended Prenton High School for Girls and then Birkenhead Sixth Form College.
At the age of 19 she landed the role of Nikki Shadwick in Brookside, joining the programme in 1998 and remaining until the last episode in 2003. (In the original script the character was male, "Ian Osborne". But after Collins"s audition for a smaller part in the film the Director, Kevin McDonagh, was so impressed with her performance that he changed the character"s gender to give Suzanne a bigger role) More recently she played the role of "Sarah" in Jim Doyle"s film, opposite Neil Fitzmaurice Charlie Noades Rest in Peace (2009).
She was interviewed by a reporter in the film.
Suzanne is the director of drama company High Horizons Limited, founded by Collins and fellow actress Ann Marie Davies, which provides acting and filmmaking workshops, drama classes, and holiday clubs to schools and colleges throughout the United Kingdom.