Mo Collins
- For the American football player, see Mo Collins (football player)
Maureen "Mo" Collins (born July 7, 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a popular former cast member on FOX's sketch comedy series MADtv. Collins supplied classic MADtv characters such as Trina, Lorraine and Doreen during her tenure on the show. She was a cast member from the 4th season (1998) through the middle of the 9th season (2004) and would often appear in sketches opposite cast member Michael McDonald. She returned to MADtv in the 10th season for a one-episode return and it proved successful. Off-screen, she is very close to cast member Paul Vogt.
More recently, she played the role of "Starla" on Season 2 of Arrested Development, a business model-turned secretary. Collins also has a small role in the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin as a lesbian looking to get interested in men.
She is currently performing a one-woman show called "Mo vs. Mo" in various cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago.
Mo also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the We Spark charity.
Career
MADtv
Collins joined the cast of MADtv at the beginning of season 4 and stayed until the end of season 9. Along with Michael McDonald, her brand of wacko humor would change the way the sketch variety show would be watched. Examples would be outrageous characters such as Stuart Larkin's mother Doreen, dim-bulb matriarch Lorraine Swanson, and unlucky-in-love Trina.
Collins created a multitude of celebrity impressions, including Anne Heche, Barbara Bush, Cher, Diane Sawyer, Jenny Jones, Jewel, Katherine Harris, Maria Shriver, Martha Stewart, Mary Hart, Mary Tyler Moore, Paige Davis, Penny Marshall, and Shakira.
Mo now has a recurring role as a teacher in the show Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Characters
- Agnes Penmonte (7 A.M. Condo Report)
- Amber Hemphill (Crackheads)
- Ann McGuire Williams (Embarassing Parents)
- Carol Finney (Lillian Verner Game Show)
- Cheri Sheldon/Takka (Prehistoric Glamazon Huntress: AD)
- Dana Baldac (Sony Neighbors)
- Doreen Larkin
- Elka (Hoppy Potty)
- Hulahoop (Loopgarue and Hulahoop)
- Isabella de la Cruz (Buenos Dias San Diego)
- Kathy O'Leary Rodriguez Washington Miller Arozco (Fightin' Ron)
- Kathy Schenk (Feuding Parents)
- Liz Whitman-Goldfarb
- Lorraine Swanson
- Mrs. O'Malley (The O'Malleys)
- Ms. Janis (Reading Caboose)
- Nympho (The Son of Dolemite)
- Professor Betty (Rocket Revengers)
- Sally Kowalski
- Shelly Meyer
- Skanky Slut Rosa Lupino (Lida & Melina)
- Toby Van Horn (Sorority Row: Kappa Kappa Kappa)
- Trina Moss
- Wesley Goddard
Impressions
- Alanis Morissette
- Allison Janney
- Andie McDowell
- Andrea Koppel
- Angelina Jolie
- Anne Heche
- Audrey Meadows
- Barbara Billingsley
- Barbara Bush
- Billie Burke
- Catherine Bell
- Catherine Hicks
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Celine Dion
- Cher
- Concetta Tomei
- Courteney Cox
- Cynthia Nixon
- Dani Behr
- Debra Messing
- Diane Sawyer
- Goldie Hawn
- Jane Kaczmarek
- Jennie Garth
- Jennifer Garner
- Jenny Jones
- Joan Embry
- Judy Garland
- Julia Roberts
- Julie Andrews
- Katherine Harris
- Kim Catrall
- Loni Anderson
- Madonna
- Marg Helgenberger
- Maria Shriver
- Martha Stewart
- Mary Hart
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Meg Foster
- Melissa Etheridge
- Nancy Marchand
- Nicole Kidman
- Nora Ephron
- P!nk
- Paige Davis
- Pamela Anderson
- Penny Marshall
- Roma Downey
- Sally Struthers
- Sandra Bullock
- Shakira
- Shania Twain
- Sharon Osbourne
- Tina Louise
- Winona Ryder