Bright and beautiful, Joely Collins is one of Canada's top actresses.

Now the talented Collins has taken a major step in her career, acting as Executive Producer for Almost Heaven. It’s a romantic comedy filmed in Canada and Scotland about fly-fishing, starring Collins, Donal Logue and the legendary Tom Conti. Scheduled for release in the spring of 2008, the movie is an exciting project for Joely, as she will work for the first time with her father Phil, who has written the theme song for the film.

She began her acting career with dramatic studies at The Vancouver Youth Theatre, then at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London England. She was cast as Rachael Langston in the highly acclaimed television series Madison (1994). At the young age of 22, she was named Canada's "Best Leading Actress", earning a Gemini Award for her work.

Following Madison and several television movie roles, she was cast in the recurring starring role of Christine Wren, in the award winning series Cold Squad (1998), Canada's longest running hour-long drama. Her work in Cold Squad earned her a Leo Award nomination in the “Best Supporting Actress” category.

In 2004 she starred as Gillian Guess in the feature film The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess, by director Bruce McDonald. Joely’s performance made a splash at the Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals, and went on to earn her an Artistic Merit Award (2004) from The Women in Film and Video at the Vancouver International Film Festival. She also received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for “Best Actress in a Canadian Film” for her role as Gillian Guess.

In other notable film roles Joely plays a futuristic tattoo artist in the Robin Williams feature The Final Cut (2004). She appeared as a small town girl in Ill Fated (2004) with Peter Outerbridge, and as a mysterious force in Corey Lee's indie feature, Defining Edward (2003), a dark psychological thriller.

Collins formed Wunderkind Productions Inc. in 1997 and the company's first production was Summer Love: The Documentary (1999), which she produced, directed, wrote and starred in. The one-hour feature length documentary debuted on Much Music and earned two Leo Award nominations. This ABC-guide to rave culture also screened at the Chicago Underground Film Festival, won the "Audience Choice Pick" at the Oshawa Durham Film Festival and played to a "turn away" audience at Vancouver's Celluloid Social Club.

Born in Vancouver, raised on Canada's west coast and in England, she is the daughter of environmental activist Andrea Collins and musician Phil Collins. She is active in developing independent film and documentary projects while pursuing her acting career.

Her various and diverse passions include music and photography, fashion and design, film and fitness, architecture and travel. She is an advocate for gay and human rights and the ethical treatment of animals. A devout Buddhist, she is a young women's leader for the Soka Gakkai International of Canada.