Kate Collins

Kate Collins (born May 6, 1959) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Natalie Marlowe on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1985 to 1992 on a regular basis. From 1991 to 1992 and again from 2005 to 2007 and 2010 to 2011, Collins also portrayed Natalie's sister Janet Green. In 1997 and 2001, she appeared as Natalie's spirit for short-term story arcs.

Early life and education Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Washington D.C. She is the eldest child of astronaut Michael Collins, who served as Command Module Pilot on the historic Apollo 11 mission (the first human Moon landing) in 1969, and Patricia Collins née Finnegan. She graduated from National Cathedral School and studied theater at Northwestern University, graduating in 1981. In 1990, she starred in the soap opera spoof theatrical play Quiet on the Set.

Collins has guest starred on the daytime soap operas One Life to Live, Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow and Another World.

Collins also guest-starred on L.A. Law and co-hosted Good Morning America in 1989, where she substituted for regular host Joan Lunden.

Personal life She married Charles Newell, who is the artistic director of the Court Theatre in Chicago in October 1992. They have two sons and live in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Filmography

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Television