Margaret Colin is an American actress born in Brooklyn, New York, who built a long career across soap opera, film, and network drama. She played Margo Montgomery Hughes on the long-running soap 'As the World Turns' and later became known to a new generation as Eleanor Waldorf, the socialite mother on 'Gossip Girl'. Her film credits include the blockbuster 'Independence Day' as Constance Spano, and television guest roles on 'Gotham' and 'Elementary'. Colin has sustained a multi-decade career spanning daytime television, network drama, and studio film. Read more