Lily Collins

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1989-03-18 (35 years old)

Place of Birth Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As Lily Jane Collins

Lily Collins

Biography

Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is a British and American actress and model. Born in Guildford, Surrey and raised in Los Angeles, Collins began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, Collins began acting and modelling more regularly, and she had a career breakthrough with her performance in the sports-drama film The Blind Side, which was the third highest-grossing film of 2009. She went on to appear in leading roles across feature films such as the sci-fi action-horror Priest (2011), the psychological action-thriller Abduction (2011), the fantasy Mirror Mirror (2012), the urban fantasy The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), and the independent romantic comedies Stuck in Love (2012), The English Teacher (2013), and Love, Rosie (2014). Collins was critically acclaimed for her roles as Marla Mabrey in the comedy Rules Don't Apply (2016), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and for her portrayal of a young adult with anorexia in the controversial Netflix drama To the Bone (2017). She has also achieved recognition for her work in biographical films: she starred as Liz Kendall in the Netflix drama Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), as J.R.R. Tolkien's wife Edith in Tolkien (2019), and as Rita Alexander in Mank (2020), the latter of which was a critical success, earning 10 Academy Award nominations. Collins played Fantine in the BBC miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables (2018–2019), and, since 2020, she has portrayed Emily Cooper in the Netflix series Emily in Paris. For the latter, she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She made her writing debut with Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me (2017) in which she discussed her struggles with mental health, including an eating disorder she suffered as a teenager.

Known For

Actor

Halo of Stars

as Misty Dawn

Titan

as Emma

2024
MaXXXine

as Molly Bennett

2022
Windfall

as Wife

2021
Calls

as Camila (voice)

2020
Mank

as Rita Alexander

2020
Inheritance

as Lauren Monroe

2020
Emily in Paris

as Emily Cooper

2019
Tolkien

as Edith Bratt

2018
A Wizard's Tale

as Princess Dawn (voice)

2018
Les Misérables

as Fantine

2017
The Dig

as Zoe

2017
Okja

as Red

2017
To the Bone

as Ellen

2017
The Last Tycoon

as Cecelia Brady

2016
Rules Don't Apply

as Marla Mabrey

2016
Quotidien

as Self - Guest

2014
Love, Rosie

as Rosie Dunne

2013
Stuck in Love

as Samantha 'Sam' Borgens

2013
The English Teacher

as Halle Anderson

2012
Mirror Mirror

as Snow White

2011
Abduction

as Karen Murphy

2011
Priest

as Lucy Pace

2009
The Blind Side

as Collins Tuohy

2008
90210

as Phoebe Abrams

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Lily Collins

1999
Tarzan

as Baby Ape (voice)

1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

1988
This Morning

as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Producer

Lurker

as Executive Producer

2025
The Summer Book

as Executive Producer

2022
Windfall

as Producer

2020
Emily in Paris

as Producer

Sound

2012
Mirror Mirror

as Vocals