(New York, NY) -- Accomplished Actor/Producer Linda Collins has been
keeping busy throughout the pandemic, with auditions and upcoming roles set to
keep her star rising for the foreseeable future.
Currently, she has several short films on the circuit or already on
Amazon Prime including: “THREE FOR THE ROAD” (where Linda has a starring role
and is Executive Producer) which is an official selection and award winner at
multiple festivals, “MARY JANE'S TRIBULATIONS” (where Linda has a starring
role and is a Producer) an official selection at the Northeast Mountain Film
Festival in Georgia November 2021 and which just screened in Ireland at the
12th Chain Festival and “PERCEPTION”; a multiple award winning short film just
finishing it's run on the festival circuit and now available on Amazon Prime
that garnered her a “Best Supporting Actress” win at the Brightside Tavern
Shorts Film Festival. Linda also has a starring role and is Executive Producer
for “CUTTER” which is currently in production.
On the Web/TV side of things, Linda can be seen in the Zoom series
comedy, “CUZZINS” (Twenty first Century Vision Films) which is currently
in ongoing production and is set to appear in “PAPER” (Omar Moore) a crime
drama currently shooting in NYC. Linda is also working on a new
as-yet-untitled web series in pre-production that she is executive producing.
In feature films, look for her in the crime dramas “DYING TO LOVE YOU”, and
“THE STABLE” (Twenty First Century Vision Films) - either available now or
coming soon to a screen near you!
For More on Linda Collins, VISIT:
www.LindaCollinsActress.com
Facebook.com/LindaCollins.Actress
Twitter: @Linda_Collins
MORE ABOUT LINDA COLLINS:
Linda Collins was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Olivia Watson Beaty, a
pianist, vocalist, and Sacred Music Director and father Gaylon Patterson, a
Lt. Colonial in the Air Force reserves, and Production Manager at
McDonald-Douglas Aircraft. Her heritage includes Scottish, Irish and Native
American on both sides. Linda exhibited an early aptitude for acting and
music, and her siblings often created and performed plays for their parents
while in grade school. Her earliest at home role was as Cupid in the family
Valentine's play.
She was in the Thespians Club in high school, performing in school
productions, and her talents subsequently won her scholarships to the
University of Alabama, Duquesne University (BM, summa cum laude), and Northern
Illinois University (Master of Music degree) where she was inducted into the
Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
After performing several years as a professional musician in the US and
Canada, Linda moved to NYC, and in 2010 began pursuing in earnest her other
love - acting. While studying in NYC with renowned acting coach Catherine
Gaffigan, she began booking film and television work. Since then she’s booked
leading roles in TV Series’ including “I'd Kill for You”, “Stalked”,
“Redrum” (Co-starring as Lt. Detective Penny Kimball), “Evil I”, “Monsters Inside Me” (Co-starring as Patricia Nash), and the
co-lead role in an episode of
True Crime with Aphrodite Jones. She has also appeared in the Feature Films “Burning Blue” (As the
on-screen mother to William Lee Scott's character), “Contest” (As a
cooking contest Judge), and in the leading role of Edna in Ashley
Cintron's production of “Chef's House”.
As a musician, Linda has played Principal Horn in several orchestras including
the Huntsville Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony (CA), and Naples Philharmonic (FL)
Orchestras, as well as in theatre orchestras for “Fiddler on the Roof” (Herschel Bernardi), “Showboat” (Elaine Stritch and Robert Morse),
and “Phantom of the Opera” in Toronto. She also was pianist with many
groups including the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet,
Chicago City Ballet and Paul Taylor Dance Company, and has performed in
numerous national broadcasts for CBC Radio.
Always an activist for the arts,
Linda received the honor of a national appointment by Canadian Minister of
Heritage Flora McDonald to serve for three years as a member of the Canadian
Advisory Committee on the Status of the Artist ( Ottawa, CA) and later was appointed by AFM International President Tom Lee as
Assistant to the International President of the American Federation of
Musicians
in NYC, where she served the international music community for six years.
She has continued to hone her acting skills at the T. Schreiber Studio in NYC
with coach Terry Schreiber and Peter Miner, while being booked regularly for
various television and film work.
