After leaving "EastEnders" in 1998 (when her character met an untimely demise offscreen), her career flourished with a series of drama roles. These include: two series of "Real Women" (BBC One); two series of "Sunburn" (BBC One), for which Collins sang the theme song (which was a no. 28 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1999); "Daylight Robbery" (ITV); "The Sleeper" (BBC One); "Uprising" (ITV): three series of "Two Thousand Acres of Sky" (BBC One): the two-part series "Perfect" (ITV); "Lloyd and the Hill" (ITV) and "Ella and the Mothers" (BBC One). In 2003 Collins played Sarah Barton in "Single".