Popularized with her role as 'Emily' in the TV series "Emily in Paris": Who is Lily Collins?

Her full name is Lily Jane Collins, she was born on March 18, 1989 in Guildford, Surrey. She was born the daughter of her father, Phil Collins, an English musician, and her mother, Jill Tavelman, who was the former president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club. Her maternal grandfather was a Canadian Jewish immigrant. Collins is the half-sister of musician Simon Collins and actress Joely Collins, from her father's first marriage. She also has two other younger half-brothers from her father's third marriage. Cartoonist Clive Collins is her uncle.

When Collins was six years old, she moved with her mother to Los Angeles after her parents divorced. A graduate of the Harvard-Westlake School, Collins studied broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California. She was presented as a debutant at the "Bal des débutantes" fashion event in Paris in 2007. Collins later revealed that she had an eating disorder as a teenager in her book "Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me". 

Collins began her career at the age of two with the BBC TV series "Growing Pains". In 2009, she appeared in two episodes of the youth TV series "90210", including the finale of the first season. Later that year, she made her debut as Leigh Anne Tuohy's daughter, Collins Tuohy, in the biographical sports drama film "The Blind Side" written and directed by John Lee. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $250 million at the box office. The movie managed to become the highest-grossing sports movie of all time.

Two years later, she played the role of Lucy, the warrior priest's daughter, with Paul Bettany in the thriller horror movie "Priest." Although the film was a critical and commercial failure, Collins was praised for her performance. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com listed Collins as one of the 2011 Must-Watch Debut Stars. In the same year, she appeared with Taylor Lautner in the 2011 action thriller "Abduction" directed by John Singleton. The film was a healthy commercial success at the box office, receiving rave reviews from critics for its script, actors, and performances.

In 2012, Collins portrayed Snow White in the fantasy comedy "Mirror Mirror" based on the fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, while Julia Roberts portrayed the Evil Queen Clementianna. The movie, which was released in March 2012, earned a moderate income against its production budget. However, it garnered mixed reviews from critics. Collins made her debut in the movie by performing an English rewritten cover of the single "I Believe (in Love)". Also that year, she played the character of Samantha in the comedy drama movie "Stuck in Love" directed by Josh Boone and co-starring with Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman and Greg Kinnear. The film received mixed to average review reviews.

She was featured in the music video "Claudia Lewis", released in August 2013 by the music group M83, as an alien visiting Earth. She next played the role of Clary Fray in the urban fantasy film "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" directed by Harald Zwart, a film adaptation of The New York Times best-selling The Mortal Instruments novel by Cassandra Clare. She earned a Teen Choice Award nomination in 2014 for her performance. While the film received generally negative reviews from critics, it also created a bombshell effect at the box office. Later that year, Collins appeared in the "City of Angels" music video for the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

The following year, she played the lead role of Rosie Dunne with Sam Claflin in the romantic comedy-drama film "Love, Rosie" directed by Christian Ditter and adapted from the novel 'Where Rainbows End' by Cecelia Ahern. The film was negatively received, although Collins' performance was described and praised as "perfectly compelling".

Collins played the role of aspiring actress Marla Mabrey alongside Alden Ehrenreich in the romantic comedy-drama film "Rules Don't Apply" (2016), written and directed by filmmaker Warren Beatty, who also stars as billionaire Howard Hughes. While the film received mixed reviews when it was released, it failed to earn enough for its production budget and failed. Despite this, Collins earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical at the 74th Golden Globe Awards for her role. That same year, she was part of a pilot for "The Last Tycoon," based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's latest book, The Last Tycoon, as Cecelia Brady, the daughter of Pat Brady, played by Kelsey Grammer.

Later that year, Collins appeared in the lead role in "To the Bone," an anorexia drama film written and directed by Marti Noxon. The film was about Ellen or Eli, a 20-year-old woman suffering from anorexia nervosa. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017 as a contestant in the US Dramatic Competition, and was released on Netflix worldwide on July 14, 2017. The movie sparked a lot of mixed reviews and controversy when it was first released on Netflix. But despite all this, Collins' performance was described as "the exemplary work of lead Lily Collins" and was praised.

The following year, Collins appeared alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton in the Netflix science fantasy action-adventure drama film "Okja" (2017), directed by Bong Joon-ho. The film competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and received a standing ovation for four minutes after its premiere. The film, which received generally positive reviews, achieved great success by earning a huge income.

That same year, it was reported that he would appear with Dominic West and David Oyelowo in the BBC mini-TV series "Les Misérables" directed by Tom Shankland, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 French historical novel of the same name. Collins appeared in the series as Fantine, a young woman who is abandoned by her wealthy lover in Paris, forcing her to take care of the children Cosette alone. Critics and fans alike praised Collins' performance. Collins then co-starred with Zac Efron in the 2019 biographical crime drama film "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" directed by Joe Berlinger. In the film, she portrayed Elizabeth Kendall, Ted Bundy's longtime girlfriend who has a hard time accepting that her boyfriend is a serial killer. The film, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, received mixed reviews even though the performances were praised. Also in the same year, she played the character of Edith Tolkien, starring Nicholas Hoult and wife of writer J.R.R. Tolkien, in the biographical drama film "Tolkien". The film failed at the box office and failed to meet the production budget.

In 2020, Collins appeared in the Vaughn Stein thriller "Inheritance" with Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen, Chace Crawford and Patrick Warburton. The film received generally negative reviews. She then got the lead role in "Emily in Paris," a Netflix romantic comedy-drama television series about a young American working in Paris. Collins earned a second Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series for her performance. The series received generally positive reviews.

In the same year, she played the role of Rita Alexander, the British transcriptionist of writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, in the critically acclaimed biographical drama "Mank". Collins was scheduled to star alongside Jack O'Connell in "The Cradle," directed by Hope Dickinson Leach. Later, she was planned to star in "Gilded Rage", produced by Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Charlie McDowell, alongside Christoph Waltz and Bill Skarsgård.

It has been announced that Collins will make a new movie about the child's toy "Polly Pocket" in June 2021 and will also play the lead role. The November 2020 series "Emily in Paris" has been renewed by Netflix for its second season, which premiered on December 22, 2021. Then, in January 2022, the series was approved for a third and fourth season, and the third season premiered on December 21, 2022. The series managed to stay in the UK's top 10 for 40 consecutive days after it aired. It has also been nominated in many awards.

Personal life

Collins said in 2013 that she did not like to publicly talk about the involvement in their relationship, as she had witnessed the difficulties caused by the media coverage of her parents' divorce. Announcing her engagement to American film director and writer Charlie McDowell in September 2020, Collins got married on September 4, 2021 in Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado.

In her youth, Collins wrote a column called "NY Confidential" for the British fashion and beauty magazine Elle Girl. She has also written for Seventeen magazine, Teen Vogue magazine, and the Los Angeles Times she. She was chosen by the luxury fashion house Chanel to wear one of their gowns at the 2007 'Bal des débutantes' at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, which was featured in the third season of the reality television series 'The Hills'. In 2008, she was selected as the "International Model of the Year" by Spain's Glamor women's magazine, and appeared before the camera on the cover of the magazine in August 2009.

Collins covered the 2008 US presidential election as an anchor on the Nickelodeon series "Kids Pick the President." She won the 2008 Young Hollywood Award for Newest Red Carpet Reporter. She was also one of the 20 women named among the "Hottest Girls of Rock Stars" by Maxim magazine in 2009. In 2012, she was listed in the fourth place on the list of "The Most Beautiful Women in the World" by People magazine.

An outspoken anti-bullying advocate, Collins is a Celebrity Ambassador for the "Bystander Revolution", an anti-bullying organization. Also, since 2018, Collins is an ambassador for the "GO Campaign," a non-profit organization that raises awareness and raises funds to improve and enhance the lives of orphans and vulnerable children around the world.

Collins, who does isometric exercises and cardio, does not prefer high heels unless it is necessary because she prioritizes comfort. Collins, who gained a healthy glow by using the "Advanced Genifique Anti-Aging" face serum of the Lancome brand she is the ambassador, wants to keep her make-up light by using a low-coverage foundation. Because she thinks that the less it takes, the less chance of something going wrong. Collins, who used to not be very good with her eyebrows, thought they were too full and was embarrassed. Later, she learned to love them.