I had some difficult times when I first moved to Los Angeles when people would tell me I was saying things wrong. I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different.

com named her one of the "Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011". She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and attended the University of Southern California majoring in broadcast journalism. Collins is set to star in the first film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling "The Mortal Instruments" novels by Cassandra Clare playing Clary Fray.