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This article is about Lynn Collins the actress. For the soul singer, see Lyn Collins.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine premiere, April 2009

is an American actress. 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.

Collins was born in Houston, Texas, and has stated that she is of Scottish, Irish, and Cherokee descent.

with "summers in Japan where my parents were getting their fourth and fifth and sixth dan in Shitaru ... Okinawa-style karate".

During a childhood Christmas pageant in which she played Mrs. Claus, Collins discovered her love for acting.

She attended the Juilliard School\'s Drama Division (Group 28: 1995–1999)

where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine 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 the HBO 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.

Collins married actor Steven Strait in 2007 after a four year relationship.

Collins at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

"Top 99 Women, 2012 Edition: Lynn Collins". AskMen.com. 2012, n.d. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012

"Collins, Viola Lynn", Texas Birth Index, 1926-1995. One source, AskMen.com, cited above, gives June 1, 1979. Collins, in the Daily Record interview below, refers to May as her birth month.

"Lynn Collins". All Movie Guide via The New York Times

Ryan, Mike (March 9, 2012). "Lynn Collins, \'John Carter\' Star, Cried While Reading the Script (In a Good Way)". The Huffington Post. AOL. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012

Millar, John (March 4, 2012). "Classic Actress Turns Alien Princess for Out-of-this-World Movie Epic John Carter". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). Archived from the original on April 22, 2012.

\'John Carter\': Lynn Collins on Female Warriors, Actor Slapping". Zap2it.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

"Alumni News". The Juilliard School. May 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.

Marr, Madeleine (March 7, 2012). "Lynn Collins is \'John Carter\'s\' Warrior Princess". McClatchy Newspapers via The Miami Herald. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012

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