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Margaret Colin (born May 26, 1958) 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 the first five seasons of Gossip Girl (2007–2012).
She has appeared on a number of primetime television shows, starting with Foley Square, Leg Work, and several early episodes of Chicago Hope. She played Lisa Wiseman on the 1999 series Now and Again, with Eric Close and Dennis Haysbert. In 2003, she appeared in an episode of titled "Tortured", playing a mother/bakery owner who was later arrested for abetting a murder.
From 2007 to 2012, Colin played the recurring role of Eleanor Waldorf, mother of Blair Waldorf, on the teen drama television series Gossip Girl. In the pilot episode, Eleanor was played by One Life to Live actress Florencia Lozano.
Colin has also been in a number of films, some of the most well-known including Something Wild (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987), The Butcher's Wife (1991), Independence Day (1996), The Devil's Own (1997), Unfaithful (2002), and First Daughter (2004). She also appeared in the play Jackie: An American Life, in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy.
During her 2003 performance of the English play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on Broadway theatre, Colin smoked her way through the second half of the show and dedicated the performance to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in defiance of the state's smoking ban. After the play finished its run, she gave up smoking. New York Post, April 4, 2003
In 2017, Colin appeared as a recurring character throughout the sixth season of the HBO comedy series Veep, playing fictional CBS News anchor Jane McCabe. Along with her fellow cast members, Colin won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2019, she reprised her role as McCabe in the seventh season premiere of Veep and again in the series finale.
Colin performed on Broadway as Mrs. Mullin in the 2018 revival of Carousel.
She is an anti-abortion activist and was formerly the honorary co-chair of Feminists for Life, an organization opposed to abortion. Colin is an honorary board member of the group Feminists for Nonviolent Choices.
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink | English Teacher | |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Irene | |
| 1987 | Like Father Like Son | Ginnie Armbruster | |
| 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | Rebecca | |
| 1989 | True Believer | Kitty Greer | |
| 1990 | Martians Go Home | Sara Brody | |
| 1991 | Robyn Graves | ||
| 1993 | Amos & Andrew | Judy Gillman | |
| 1994 | Terminal Velocity | Joline 'Jo' | Uncredited |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Constance Spano | |
| 1996 | Milk & Money | Lorraine | |
| 1997 | Sheila O'Meara | ||
| 1997 | Time to Say Goodbye? | Kristen Hamstra | |
| 1998 | Joan Cole | ||
| 2002 | Blue Car | Diane | |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Sally | |
| 2004 | First Daughter | Melanie MacKenzie | |
| 2006 | Nan | ||
| 2007 | Happenstance | Beth | Short film |
| 2008 | Deception | Ms. Pomerantz | |
| 2008 | iMurders | Carol Uberoth | |
| 2009 | Lana Cobb | ||
| 2012 | Camilla Dickinson | Mona Rowan | |
| 2012 | Backwards | Mrs. Brooks | |
| 2014 | Kelly & Cal | Janice | |
| 2014 | You Must Be Joking | Linda Schwartz | |
| 2015 | Stealing Chanel | Constance Borden | |
| 2016 | Equity | Attorney Cahn | |
| 2022 | The Road to Galena | Margaret Kenney |
| 1979 | Paige Madison | Series regular, daily soap opera | |
| 1980–83 | As the World Turns | Margo Hughes | Series regular, daily soap opera |
| 1985–86 | Foley Square | Alex Harrigan | Main cast |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Claire McCarron | Main cast |
| 1987 | Jane Watson | TV movie | |
| 1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Amy Webster | TV movie |
| 1988 | Magnum, P.I. | Connie Northrop | Episode: "Legend of the Lost Art" |
| 1989 | Traveling Man | Joanna Reath | TV movie |
| 1990 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | Michelle Caruso | TV movie |
| 1991–92 | Sibs | Audie Ruscio | Main cast |
| 1994 | Related by Birth | Audie Ruscio | Television special |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Karen Antonovich | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | In the Shadow of Evil | Molly Nostrand | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Wright Verdicts | Sandy Hamor | Main cast |
| 1999 | Hit & Run | Joanna Kendall | TV movie |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | Linda Kirkland | TV movie |
| 1999–2000 | Now and Again | Lisa Wiseman | Main cast |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | Vonda Madigan | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2001 | Private Lies | Ellen | TV movie |
| 2001 | Elizabeth 'Peachy' Welsh | TV movie | |
| 2001 | Madeline Carver | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Mrs. Krug | Episode: "" | |
| 2004 | Dr. Eloise Barnes | Episode: "" | |
| 2007–12 | Gossip Girl | Eleanor Waldorf | Recurring role (seasons 1–5), guest appearance (season 6) |
| 2009 | Royal Pains | Lucy Everett | Episode: "Strategic Planning" |
| 2010 | Law & Order | Mary Markson | Episode: "Four Cops Shot" |
| 2010 | Medium | Kelly Shuler | Episode: "It's a Wonderful Death" |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Melanie Maines | Episode: "Women with Guns" |
| 2012 | Nurse Jackie | Trish | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Rochelle | Episode: "The Seven Day Rule" | |
| 2013 | Elementary | Natalie Gale | Episode: "Blood Is Thicker" |
| 2014 | Gotham | Taylor Reece | Episode: "Viper" |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Judith Fanning | Season 2 Episode 7: "Catch and Release" |
| 2017–2019 | Veep | Jane McCabe | Recurring role (season 6), guest appearances (season 7) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
| 2017–2018 | Shades of Blue | Linda Wozniak | Recurring role (seasons 2–3) |
| 2019 | The Enemy Within | Evelyn Bell | Episode: "Sequestered" |
| 2019 | The I-Land | Dr. Stevenson | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Chicago Med | Carol Conte | Recurring role (season 6) |
| 2021, 2023 | Gossip Girl | Eleanor Waldorf | 2 episodes (sequel series) |
| 2022 | Three Wise Men and a Baby | Barbara Brenner | TV movie |
| 2024 | Three Wiser Men and a Boy | Barbara Brenner | TV movie |
| 2025 | Three Wisest Men | Barbara Brenner | TV movie |
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