Joely Collins

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| name = Joely Collins

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| birth_name = Joely Meri Bertorelli

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|08|08}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actress

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| yearsactive = 1993–present

| parents = {{plainlist|

Andrea Bertorelli (mother)
Phil Collins (adoptive father)

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| spouse = {{marriage|Stefan Buitelaar|2008}}

| children = 1

| relatives = {{plainlist|

Simon Collins (adoptive brother/half-brother)
Lily Collins (adoptive half-sister)
Nic Collins (adoptive half-brother)
Clive Collins (adoptive uncle)

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Joely Collins (née Bertorelli; born August 8, 1972) is a Canadian actress. She is the daughter of Andrea Bertorelli and the adopted daughter of English musician Phil Collins.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities-news-in-pics/19-11-2009/52670/ |title=Hello! Daily News - Phil Collins becomes grandfather |access-date=2014-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025700/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities-news-in-pics/19-11-2009/52670/ |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}

Early life

Born and raised largely in Vancouver, British Columbia, Collins studied at the Vancouver Youth Theatre, and later at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was adopted by her mother's husband, Phil Collins, upon their marriage in 1975.{{cite news|url=http://urbanmoms.ca/entertainment/an_interview_with_film_producer_joely_collins_on_becoming_redwood/|title=An interview with film producer Joely Collins on Becoming Redwood|publisher=UrbanMoms|date=25 April 2013|access-date=3 August 2015}}{{cite book|title=Not Dead Yet|first=Phil|last=Collins|author-link=Phil Collins|publisher=Century Books|page=photo caption opposite page 81|date=2016|isbn=9781780895123}} They later had one child, son Simon (born in 1976). She was named Canada's "Best Leading Actress" at the age of 22 for her work on the television series Madison. She appeared on the long-running drama Cold Squad. In 2009, she co-founded StoryLab Productions and produced the award-winning feature film Becoming Redwood.

Actress Lily Collins is her half-sister, born to her father Phil Collins and his second wife Jill Tavelman after he and her mother Andrea Bertorelli divorced in 1980.

Collins won the award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2004 for The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess."'Elvis Costello of movies' wins top local prize". The Province, January 20, 2005.

Personal life

Collins married Dutch-born Stefan Buitelaar on August 23, 2008, in Leiden, Netherlands.[http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/1758672/__Dochter_Phil_Collins_trouwt_in_Leiden__.html "Dochter Phil Collins trouwt in Leiden"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914080659/http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/1758672/__Dochter_Phil_Collins_trouwt_in_Leiden__.html |date=2009-09-14 }}. De Telegraaf, August 24, 2008. On October 26, 2009, Collins gave birth to their daughter, Zoë Amelie."Phil Collins’ Kids: Everything To Know About His 5 Children, Including Lily Collins" by Eric Todisco, Hollywood Life (4 Jan, 2022) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|2616475463}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \|1995 \|Hideaway \|Linda \|
Deadly Sins \|Polly \|
1998 \|Urban Safari \|Girl Friend \|
1999 \|Summer Love: The Documentary \|Host \|
2003 \|Defining Edward \|Anna \|
rowspan="3" \|2004 \|{{sortname\|The\|Final Cut\|The Final Cut (2004 film)}} \|Legz the Tattoo Artist \|
{{sortname\|A\|Clown's Gift\|nolink=1}} \|Julie \|Short film
Ill Fated \|Beth \|
2006 \|Almost Heaven \|Taya \|
2007 \|Joannie Learns to Cook \|Joannie \|Short film
2009 \|Kick Me Down \|Peaches \|
2011 \|What Could Have Been \|Catherine \|
2012 \|Becoming Redwood \|Social Worker - Producer \|
2020 \|Brahms: The Boy II \|Mary \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |1995

|Hideaway

|Linda

Deadly Sins

|Polly

1998

|Urban Safari

|Girl Friend

1999

|Summer Love: The Documentary

|Host

2003

|Defining Edward

|Anna

rowspan="3" |2004

|{{sortname|The|Final Cut|The Final Cut (2004 film)}}

|Legz the Tattoo Artist

{{sortname|A|Clown's Gift|nolink=1}}

|Julie

|Short film

Ill Fated

|Beth

2006

|Almost Heaven

|Taya

2007

|Joannie Learns to Cook

|Joannie

|Short film

2009

|Kick Me Down

|Peaches

2011

|What Could Have Been

|Catherine

2012

|Becoming Redwood

|Social Worker - Producer

2020

|Brahms: The Boy II

|Mary

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="3" \|1994 \|Madison \|Rachael Langston \|Episode: "Kiss of Life"
Neon Rider \|Barb \|Recurring role (5 episodes)
Moment of Truth: To Walk Again \|Kelly \|TV film
rowspan="3" \|1995 \|Beauty's Revenge \|Cheryl's girlfriend \|TV film
Action Man \|Natalie \|Episodes: "Explosive Situation", "Ancient History", "Rogue Moons"
{{sortname\|The\|New Adventures of Madeline}} \|Additional Voices \|TV series
rowspan="5" \|1996 \|Hurricanes \|(voice) \|Recurring role (7 episodes)
Annie O \|Robin \|TV film
Generation X \|Jeannie \|TV film
Home Song \|Erin \|TV film
Poltergeist: The Legacy \|Emily \|Episode: "Sins of the Father"
rowspan="2" \|1997 \|Madison \|Rachael Langston \|Episode: "Is Jesus in the House?"
North of 60 \|Katherine Mulcahy \|Episodes: "The Smell of Violets", "A Sparrow Falls"
rowspan="4" \|1998 \|Viper \|Daph \|Episode: "Breakout"
Diamond Girl \|Claire Barnard \|TV film
First Wave \|Anita \|Episode: "Undesirables"
Da Vinci's Inquest \|Sioux \|Episode: "Known to the Ministry"
rowspan="3" \|1999 \|Da Vinci's Inquest \|Sioux \|Episode: "Final Chapter"
Night Man \| \|Episode: "Sixty Minute Man"
Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge \|Laurino's Assistant \|TV film
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|Dinosaur Hunter\|nolink=1}} \|Betty Jean \|TV film
2000-2005 \|Cold Squad \|Christine Wren \|Main role (56 episodes)
2001 \|MythQuest \|Isis \|Episodes: "Isis & Osiris: Parts 1 & 2"
rowspan="2" \|2004 \|{{sortname\|The\|Love Crimes of Gillian Guess}} \|Gillian Guess \|TV film
Da Vinci's Inquest \|Linda Davis \|Episodes: "Wash the Blood Out of the Ring", "You Promised Me a Celebrity", "First the Seducing Then the Screwing"
2005 \|{{sortname\|The\|Dead Zone\|The Dead Zone (TV series)}} \|Erica Carter \|Episode: "The Collector"
rowspan="3" \|2006 \|{{sortname\|The\|Collector\|The Collector (Canadian TV series)}} \|Kandyse Crown \|Episode: "The Spy"
Northern Town \|Barbara \|TV series
Four Extraordinary Women \|Caryl \|TV film
2015 \|Coded \|Rachel \|TV series

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="3" |1994

|Madison

|Rachael Langston

|Episode: "Kiss of Life"

Neon Rider

|Barb

|Recurring role (5 episodes)