Jimmica Collins (Grandma Nell)
Jimmica Collins is an actor and performer with a love for all things children’s entertainment.
Jimmica Collins is an actor, performer, and voiceover artist with a love for Children’s Theatre and Television.
She graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A in Theatre and a minor in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Studies. At NYU, she studied at the Experimental Theater Wing and with Stonestreet Studios for Television.
Jimmica trained as a puppeteer with Sesame Workshop, The Jim Henson Company, and The Center for Puppetry Arts. She is a puppeteer on the PBS KIDS preschool series, Donkey Hodie playing Rockstar Penguin, Frannie Fox, and more. She joined the Sesame Street family as a Muppet performer on Season 53 playing her favorite character, Grandma Nell, who is inspired by her real Aunt Maebell.
More Puppetry credits: Helpsters (Sesame Workshop/Apple TV+), Feel Your Best Self (UCONN/Ballard Institute of Puppetry), Brian Henson’s Puppet Up! (Jim Henson Company), Wondermore (InTouch Media), His History (All Ages Productions).
Most recently, Jimmica can be heard as the voice of Betty Bunny in the new hit horror movie BUDDY (BoulderLight/Low Spark Films). She was also a puppeteer on the film for various characters including, Mr. Mailbox, Clocky, The Worry Well, and most notably, Buddy himself!
As a voiceover artist represented by Atlas Talent Agency, you can hear her voice in numerous commercials with Peacock TV, Pluto TV, Chase, United Airlines, and Busy Bee Honey.
