Margaret Colin

Born 1958 · American actress

Margaret Colin is an American actress. She is known for her roles as White House Communications Director Constance Spano in the sci-fi film Independence Day (1996), the originating performer of character Margo Hughes on As the World Turns (1980–1983), and her recurring role as Eleanor Waldorf in all six seasons of Gossip Girl (2007–2012).

Margaret Colin, in order

1. 1985 Foley Square (TV series): acted
2. 1986 Pretty in Pink: acted · directed by Howard Deutch · critics 75%, audiences 81% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
3. 1986 Something Wild: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 92%, audiences 69% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
4. 1987 Leg Work (TV series): acted
5. 1987 Like Father Like Son: acted · directed by Rod Daniel
6. 1987 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV movie): acted · directed by Kevin Connor
7. 1987 Three Men and a Baby: acted · directed by Leonard Nimoy · critics 66%, audiences 48% · streaming on Prime Video
8. 1989 Martians Go Home: acted · directed by David Odell
9. 1989 True Believer: acted · directed by Joseph Ruben
10. 1991 Sibs (TV series): acted · directed by Ted Bessell
11. 1991 The Butcher's Wife: acted · directed by Terry Hughes
12. 1993 Amos & Andrew: acted · directed by Eric Max Frye · critics 18%, audiences 31% · streaming on Roku Channel
13. 1994 Terminal Velocity: acted · directed by Deran Sarafian
14. 1996 Independence Day: acted · directed by Roland Emmerich · critics 77%, audiences 75%
15. 1997 The Devil's Own: acted · directed by Alan J. Pakula · critics 35%, audiences 41%
16. 1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole: acted · directed by Kip Williams
17. 1999 Now and Again (TV series): acted
18. 1999 Swing Vote (TV movie): acted · directed by David Anspaugh
19. 2001 Private Lies (TV movie): acted · directed by Sherry Hormann
20. 2001 The Familiar Stranger (TV movie): acted · directed by Alan Metzger
21. 2001 The Wedding Dress (TV movie): acted · directed by Sam Pillsbury · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Tubi
22. 2002 Blue Car: acted · directed by Karen Moncrieff
23. 2002 Unfaithful: acted · directed by Adrian Lyne
24. 2004 First Daughter: acted · directed by Forest Whitaker
25. 2006 A Broken Sole: acted · directed by Antony Marsellis
26. 2007 Gossip Girl (TV series): acted
27. 2008 The Missing Person: acted · directed by Noah Buschel
28. 2009 The Good Wife (TV series): acted · critics 93%, audiences 91% · streaming on Paramount+, Roku Channel
29. 2013 Elementary (TV series): acted
30. 2016 Equity: acted · directed by Meera Menon
31. 2019 The I-Land (TV series): acted · directed by Darnell Martin and Jonathan Scarfe
32. 2022 The Road to Galena: acted