Elaine Collins is an actress, producer and script editor.
She was born on April 21, 1958 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is known for Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992), Play for Today (1970) and Mrs Brown (1997). She has been married to Peter Capaldi since June 1991. They have one child.[1]
Elaine, whose own company is called Tod Productions, was previously a Producer and Executive Producer at ITV Studios. There, she optioned Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope novels which she then developed and produced as Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn. She was also responsible for developing and executive producing three series of the hugely successful BBC1 crime drama Shetland starring Douglas Henshall. Most recently, Elaine was Creative Director at BBC Drama. In 2017 Elaine signed an exclusive deal with STV Productions to develop and co-produce a slate of TV drama projects. [2]