Carla Collins

Carla Collins is an award-winning comedian, television host and actor. A gifted stand-up hailed as the "Queen of Comedy" by Flare Magazine, Carla is a regular at clubs such as The Improv and Comedy Store in Los Angeles as well as a frequent headliner at Yuk Yuks in Toronto. Her one-hour comedy special "The Wonderbra Years" is one of the highest rated in CTV's "Comedy Now" series and was the recipient of the Gold award at the Houston Comedy Festival. She has performed at Just for Laughs, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and she will soon be appearing at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Currently, she is writing the one-woman show, "The Visionary Position" which will premiere in June 2005.

Carla has hosted a variety of television series, most recently "Hair Wars" airing on both City-TV and Fashion Television. She starred in the critically acclaimed Comedy Network series "Chez Carla" as well as CTV's "Sonic Temple". In addition to guest appearances on "The Designer Guys" and "By Request", Carla hosted CTV's national entertainment show "E Now" and the daytime talk show "Eye On Toronto" as well as the pay-per-view special "Ultimate Poker Babes".

A talented actress, Carla starred on the campy Showcase soap "Paradise Falls". She has also appeared on numerous series including Pax TV's "Doc", Noggin's "Degrassi: The Next Generation", Oxygen/Showcase's "Show Me Yours", YTV's "The Zack Files" as well as "Tracker", "Starhunter 2300" and "Screech Owls".

The Pop Culture editor for Inside Entertainment magazine, Carla has also written for a variety of publications including Flare, Canadian Living, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Sun and En Route.

Carla likes to give back to the community, and has been recognized for her work supporting charities such as the Hospital for Sick Children, the Humane Society, the Think Pink campaign for Breast Cancer awareness, the Children's Aid Society, the United Way, and CAMFAR.

Carla is currently living and working in Los Angeles and Toronto with her husband Jonathan and their five dogs, all of which were adopted at the Humane Society. Well, not Jon....