Collins was born in San Antonio,[1] Bexar County, Texas.
For much of her childhood, she and her family resided in rural Los Angeles, Texas.
[1] Collins attended Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio,[1] graduating in 2001.
Collins has portrayed the roles of Natalie Davis, the psychopath serial killer The Miniature Killer, on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[1] and social worker Lizzie Miller on the ABC's The Nine.
[2] She portrayed Maggie Young on the AMC original series Rubicon.