
Lily Collins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1989-03-18 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Acting
Titan
as Emma
Halo of Stars
as Misty Dawn
(2024)
MaXXXine
as Molly Bennett
(2024)
(2022)
Windfall
as Wife
(2021)
(2020)
Inheritance
as Lauren Monroe
(2020)
Mank
as Rita Alexander
(2019)
Tolkien
as Edith Bratt
(2019)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Liz Kendall
(2018)
A Wizard's Tale
as Princess Dawn (voice)
(2017)
Okja
as Red
(2017)
To the Bone
as Ellen
(2017)
The Dig
as Zoe
(2016)
Rules Don't Apply
as Marla Mabrey
(2014)
Love, Rosie
as Rosie Dunne
(2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Clary Fray
(2013)
Stuck in Love
as Samantha 'Sam' Borgens
(2013)
The English Teacher
as Halle Anderson
(2012)
Mirror Mirror
as Snow White
(2011)
Priest
as Lucy Pace
(2011)
Abduction
as Karen Murphy
(2009)
The Blind Side
as Collins Tuohy
(1999)
Tarzan
as Baby Ape (voice)
Crew
Untitled Polly Pocket Movie
Producer
(2025)
Lurker
Executive Producer
(2025)
The Summer Book
Executive Producer
(2023)
Memory
Thanks
(2022)
Windfall
Producer
(2012)
Mirror Mirror
Vocals