ABOUT LYNN

Viola Lynn Collins (born May 16, 1977) is an American actress. She has made television appearances in True Blood and Manhunt: Unabomber, and is recognized for her roles in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine and John Carter.

Youth and education.

Born Viola Lynn Collins, reported variously in May or June 1977,^{[1][dead link][2][3]} Collins is from Houston, Texas, and has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. She has also claimed to have Cherokee ancestry, referring to herself as "Irish and Cherokee".^[3][4] She spent her formative years in Singapore,^[5] with "summers in Japan where her parents were getting their fourth and fifth and sixth dan in Shitō-ryū ... Okinawa-style karate".^[6] During a childhood Christmas pageant in which she played Mrs. Claus, Collins discovered her love for acting.^[7]
She attended Singapore American School and Klein High School in Texas.^[8] She graduated from the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 28: 1995–1999)^[9] with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.^[2]

Career. 

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.^{[7][better source needed]} 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,^{[7][better source needed]} she gained notice playing Portia in the film The Merchant of Venice, starring opposite Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes and Jeremy Irons.^{[7][better source needed]}
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.<sup>[10][11]


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