Biography
Brassy actress Lauren Collins entered the limelight in her teens, with numerous series roles and telemovie appearances in her native Canada, but achieved broadest recognition as the manipulative, scheming high-schooler Paige Michalchuk on the popular series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Collins remained with the program through the end of its fourth season - a stint that witnessed the character undergoing numerous personal trials and tribulations and attaining a much-needed dimensionality that she initially (according to Collins's own admission) lacked. Around 2005 (coincident with the end of
Degrassi's series run) the actress moved into feature work, with supporting roles in outings including the
Antonio Banderas inspirational drama
Take the Lead (2006) and the teen comedies
Charlie Bartlett (2007) and
Picture This (2008). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide