Michelle Collins

Michelle Danielle Collins is a British actress known mainly for her work on television. She became famous as Cindy Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, first playing her from 1988 to 1990. Michelle Collins went nude on screen in the 1988 film Lucky Sunil. She was born on 28 May 1962 in Hackney, East London, England. She came back as Cindy from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2023 onward. On ITV she played Stella Price in Coronation Street from 2011 to 2014. Her BBC drama work includes Real Women, Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky. She also spent time as a TV presenter on The Word.