Collins has a daughter, Maia, who was born in 1996. Her pregnancy was written into her return to EastEnders the same year. She owns a pet Chow Chow called Jingle.

Collins's complex love life includes dating cameraman Mark Waters, whom she met while filming the BBC travel rep drama Sunburn, for two years; and lighting technician David Oldroyd whom she met while shooting the BBC's Two Thousand Read more...

Collins is heavily involved in charitable causes. She is an ambassador for Oxfam and has visited Brazil, South Africa and Armenia promoting the need for the basic right to education. She also continues to be involved with a variety of fund raising projects for Stonewall, Smart Justice; and Breakthrough Breast Cancer where she is a spokesperson for a project to recruit 100,000 women to research the Read more...

Michelle A. Collins (born May 28, 1962 in Hackney, East London) is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, and BBC dramas Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky. At one time, she was also a TV presenter on The Word.