Colleen Broomall

Colleen Broomall
Born August 30, 1983 (1983-08-30) (age 28)
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Occupation Actress, Writer

Colleen Broomall (born August 30, 1983 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American actress.

Colleen grew up in Norwood, New Jersey and was cast to play the role of Meg Ryan's daughter on the soap opera As The World Turns at the age of two months.[1] During her time on the show, Colleen became the national spokesmodel for Good Lad of Philadelphia and even garnered a Soap Opera Digest Award Nomination for Best Child Actor. However, when Colleen was in second grade, her mother pulled her out of showbiz so that she could enjoy a normal childhood.

At age 12, she was published in The New York Times Magazine and spent the summer after her sophomore year of college working as Associate Editor of both Life Story and Movie Magic magazines. During her senior year at the University of Delaware, she studied under CNN news veteran Ralph Begleiter and appeared on the school's weekly Del-AWARE news program.

In 2005, Colleen graduated with honors from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in Communications and concentration in Mass Media. After graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles to work as an editor for Tiger Beat and Bop magazines. She left her full-time position in publishing in order to give acting another shot and not soon after, Colleen booked her first feature film, The Winning Season, released in 2010.

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References

  1. ^ Neglia, Ashley V. "New Faces NJ: Colleen Broomall: Actress Colleen Broomall, who starred in soap operas as a child, works to get back in the industry. ", New Jersey Monthly, October 11, 2010. Accessed September 15, 2011. "At two months old, Colleen Broomall was a working actress on As the World Turns. Playing Meg Ryan’s soap-opera daughter, the Teaneck native (raised in Norwood) spent parts of the first five years of her life on the set, working alongside actors such as Julianne Moore and Marisa Tomei."

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