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Viola Lynn Collins (born May 16, 1977 or June 1, 1979), better known as Lynn Collins, is an American actress. Collins was born in Houston, Texas, of what she calls "Irish and Cherokee Indian" descent, but spent her formative years in Singapore, with "summers in Japan where my parents were getting their fourth and fifth and sixth dawn [sic] in Shitaru ... Okinawa style Karate". During a childhood Christmas pageant in which she played Mrs. Claus, Collins discovered her love for acting. She eventually attended the Juilliard School in New York City, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts... MORE

Viola Lynn Collins (born May 16, 1977 or June 1, 1979), better known as Lynn Collins, is an American actress. Collins was born in Houston, Texas, of what she calls "Irish and Cherokee Indian" descent, but spent her formative years in Singapore, with "summers in Japan where my parents were getting their fourth and fifth and sixth dawn [sic] in Shitaru ... Okinawa style Karate". During a childhood Christmas pageant in which she played Mrs. Claus, Collins discovered her love for acting. She eventually attended the Juilliard School in New York City, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. 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 Al 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 LESS