She attended Prenton High School for Girls and then Birkenhead Sixth Form College.
At the age of 19, she landed the role of Nikki Shadwick in Brookside, joining the soap opera in 1998 and remaining until the last episode in 2003.
[2] After the birth of her daughter, Mya, in 2004, she continued to work steadily, primarily on television in such series as Doctors and The Bill, and also landed the role of Detective Annie Osborne in the 2006 film Lycanthropy.
[4] Collins played a "WAG" in 15 Minutes That Shook the World - a film about Liverpool FC in Istanbul when they won the Champions League.
[7] They provided acting and filmmaking workshops, drama classes, and holiday clubs to schools and colleges throughout the UK.