Collins covered the 2008 US Presidential campaign as a host on the Nickelodeon show Kids Pick the President.She won a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for "Newest Red Carpet Correspondent."She has appeared in two episodes of the television show 90210, including the 2008-9 season finale.

Collins is in the 2009 film The Blind Side as Collins Tuohy, the daughter of Sandra Bullock's character Leigh Anne Tuohy. She is also reported to have the role of the warrior priest's niece Lucy in the upcoming thriller Priest, playing opposite Paul Bettany