Millsboro girl stars in ‘Mildred Pierce’

Quinn McColgan of Millsboro stars in the upcoming HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce” with Oscar winner Kate Winslet. The five-part series begins Sunday, March 27.

McColgan plays Winslet’s daughter, Ray, in the series. After several auditions for “Mildred Pierce,” she was cast in the part in March 2010 and spent the following summer in Brooklyn and Long Island. She lives in Millsboro with her parents Noelle and John McColgan and is a third-grader at Worcester Prep in Berlin, Md.

The young actress started in the world of acting and modeling in fall 2009 and since then has booked television, commercials and print ads for Tyson Chicken, NBC, Ortega Tacos, Kodak, Parents Magazine, Vogue Bambini, Women’s World, Laura Ashley, The History Channel, Nickelodeon and others.

Recently, she worked with Spike Lee on a commercial targeting the problems of secondhand smoke. She met Padma Lakshmi, host of “Top Chef,” while doing promo work for Nickelodeon’s Wii Fit.

Quinn is currently represented in New York and Los Angeles by Take 3 Talent Agency Inc. and Product Model Management. For more information about her work, visit imdb.com/name/nm3824412 or hbo.com/#/mildred-pierce