Lily Collins
{{Short description|English and American actress (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lily Collins
| image = Tolkien (47748801472) Cropped.jpg
| caption = Collins in 2019
| birth_name = Lily Jane Collins
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|3|18}}
| birth_place = Guildford, Surrey, England
| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}}
| occupation = Actress
| works = Full list
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Charlie McDowell|2021}}
| children = 1
| father = Phil Collins
| relatives = {{Ubl
| Simon Collins (half-brother)
| Joely Collins (half-sister)
| Nic Collins (half-brother)
| Clive Collins (uncle)
| Malcolm McDowell (father-in-law)
| Mary Steenburgen (mother-in-law)
| Ted Danson (stepfather-in law)
}}
| signature = Lily Collins signature.svg
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Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, she began acting and modelling more regularly, and gained recognition for her supporting role in the sports drama film The Blind Side (2009). She went on to star in several films, including the horror film Priest (2011), the thriller Abduction (2011), and the fantasy films Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).
Collins was critically acclaimed for her portrayals of a young actress in the romantic comedy Rules Don't Apply (2016), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and a young adult with anorexia in the drama To the Bone (2017). She appeared in the biopics Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), Tolkien (2019) and Mank (2020).
She played Fantine in the BBC miniseries Les Misérables (2018–2019), and since 2020 has portrayed marketing executive Emily Cooper in the Netflix romantic comedy series Emily in Paris, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (as producer). She has written the memoir Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me (2017), discussing her struggles with mental health and body image.
Early life
Lily Jane Collins was born on 18 March 1989,{{cite web|title=Take One|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119986,00.html|first=Pamela|last=Lansden|date=10 April 1989|access-date=29 November 2009|work=People|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074943/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119986,00.html|url-status=dead}} the daughter of English musician Phil Collins and his second wife, Jill Tavelman, an American who is the former president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/celebrity-galleries/2011/03/celebrity-parents/viewgallery/950745|title=No date for the red carpet? These guys took the folks instead|date=6 September 2017|work=Glamour|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042612/https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/celebrity-parents|url-status=live}} Her maternal grandfather was a Canadian Jewish immigrant who for many years owned a men's clothing store in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite web|first=Ruth|last=Eglash |url=https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Collins-coming-against-all-odds |title=Collins Coming 'Against All Odds'|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=1 November 2005|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512190503/https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Collins-coming-against-all-odds|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.americanisraelite.com/jews_in_the_newz/article_32cac5b4-b0e5-11e6-b8b1-5754527531fe.html|title=Jews in the Newz|work=The American Israelite|date=24 November 2016|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042748/https://www.americanisraelite.com/jews_in_the_newz/article_32cac5b4-b0e5-11e6-b8b1-5754527531fe.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-genealogy-and-fairy-tales/article_a7c3999a-7904-11e1-8dd2-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Jewish Stars: genealogy and fairy tales|work=Cleveland Jewish News|date=28 March 2012|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042625/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-genealogy-and-fairy-tales/article_a7c3999a-7904-11e1-8dd2-0019bb2963f4.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2012/03/jews-news-barbara-walters-kyra-sedgwick-mare-winningham/|title=Jews in the News: Barbara Walters, Kyra Sedgwick and Mare Winningham|first=Nate |last=Bloom |author-link=Nate Bloom |publisher=Letmypeoplegrow.org|date=30 March 2012|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012031811/http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2012/03/jews-news-barbara-walters-kyra-sedgwick-mare-winningham/|archive-date=12 October 2013}}
After her parents' divorce in 1996 when she was six, Collins moved to Los Angeles with her mother.{{Cite web |last=Russian |first=Ale |title=Lily Collins: A Look at Her Parents' Failed Marriage|date=8 March 2017|url=https://people.com/books/lily-collins-phil-book/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042724/https://people.com/books/lily-collins-phil-book/|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=30 January 2019 |website=PEOPLE.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/lily-collins-emily-in-paris-interview |title=For Lily Collins, Emily in Paris is About Self-Love |last=Wally |first=Maxine |date=21 September 2020 |work=W |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523002928/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/lily-collins-emily-in-paris-interview |url-status=live }} She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and attended the University of Southern California, majoring in broadcast journalism.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/lily-collins-the-fairy-tale-princess-reinvented/article627587/ Lily Collins: The fairy-tale princess reinvented] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042745/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/lily-collins-the-fairy-tale-princess-reinvented/article627587/ |date=29 December 2020}} 30 March 2012. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 May 2019. She was presented as a debutante at the Bal des débutantes in Paris in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1570473/New-elite-comes-out-at-the-billionaires-ball.html |title=New elite comes out at the billionaires' ball|first=Roya|last=Nikkhah|date=25 November 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404073014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1570473/New-elite-comes-out-at-the-billionaires-ball.html|url-status=live}} As a teen, she suffered from an eating disorder that she later described in her autobiography Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me.{{Cite news|last=Miller|first=Julie|title=Lily Collins Opens Up About Conquering Her Eating Disorder |work=HWD |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/lily-collins-eating-disorder-to-the-bone-sundance|url-status=live|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042744/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/lily-collins-eating-disorder-to-the-bone-sundance|archive-date=29 December 2020}}
Career
{{see also|List of Lily Collins performances}}
= 2007–2012: Early work and breakthrough =
File:Lily Collins TIFF 2012.jpg]]
Collins began acting at the age of two in the BBC series Growing Pains. In she appeared in two episodes of the teen drama series 90210, including the first season's finale. Later that year, she had her breakthrough starring in the film The Blind Side as Collins Tuohy, the daughter of Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock's character).{{Cite web |last=Day |first=Nate |date=18 November 2019|title=Lily Collins pays tribute to 'The Blind Side' 10 years after its premiere: 'Forever grateful' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lily-collins-blind-side-tribute|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Fox News|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607055944/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lily-collins-blind-side-tribute|url-status=live}} It was a commercial success,{{Cite web|date=9 January 2010|title='Blind Side' tops 'New Moon' at box-office |website=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6b990557a161eea8309834f940d9757c|access-date=2021-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109134630/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6b990557a161eea8309834f940d9757c|archive-date=9 January 2010}}{{Cite web|date=30 March 2010|title=Nanny McPhee sends Alice in Wonderland to the naughty step at the UK box office {{!}} Charles Gant |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/mar/30/uk-box-office-nanny-mcphee|access-date=2021-06-07|website=the Guardian|archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216043349/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/mar/30/uk-box-office-nanny-mcphee|url-status=live}} grossing over $250 million at and emerging as the highest-grossing sports drama of all time.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=8 October 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991008185322/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/|url-status=live}}
In 2011, she played the warrior priest's daughter Lucy in the thriller Priest,{{Cite web|last=Ditzian|first=Eric|title=Lily Collins Says 'Priest' Is No 'Twilight' Vampire Movie|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1663658/lily-collins-priest/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=MTV News |archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607055943/http://www.mtv.com/news/1663658/lily-collins-priest/|url-status=dead}} opposite Paul Bettany.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/lily-collins/34465/|title=Bio of Lily Collins|work=Tribute|access-date=2 December 2009|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042731/https://www.tribute.ca/people/lily-collins/34465/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/features/moyer-collins-join-priest-hood-1118007610/ |title=Collins join 'Priest' hood|last=Fleming|first=Michael|work=Variety|date=23 August 2009|access-date=2 December 2009|archive-date=12 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112101459/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007610?refCatId=13|url-status=live}} Although it was a critical and commercial failure, she was praised for her performance, and MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/breakout-movie-stars-of-2011/|title=25 Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011|last=Evry|first=Max|date=5 January 2011 |publisher=NextMovie.com|access-date=11 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308082919/http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/breakout-movie-stars-of-2011/|archive-date=8 March 2011}} She co-starred in the 2011 action film Abduction with Taylor Lautner.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/lily-collins-joins-taylor-lautner-abduction-16362/|title=Lily Collins Joins Taylor Lautner in 'Abduction'|website=TheWrap |first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=15 April 2010|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042700/https://www.thewrap.com/lily-collins-joins-taylor-lautner-abduction-16362/|url-status=live}}
In 2012, Collins played Snow White in Mirror Mirror, an adaptation of the fairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Robbie Collin from the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph wrote of her: "She has an adorable, sensational, almost perfect face for cinema; think Audrey Hepburn with the eyebrows of Liam Gallagher. Her smile is the platonic ideal of cheeky."{{cite web|last=Collin|first=Robbie|title=Mirror, Mirror – review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9175658/Mirror-Mirror-review.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=30 March 2012|date=30 March 2012|location=London|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042635/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9175658/Mirror-Mirror-review.html|url-status=live}} Collins made her singing debut in the film, performing an English rewritten cover of "I Believe (in Love)". Also in 2012, she portrayed Samantha in Stuck in Love.{{cite web|title=Cast set for 'Writers' |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/lily-collins-kristen-bell-join-writers-1118051122/|access-date=7 March 2012|archive-url=https://variety.com/article/VR1118051122?refCatId=13|archive-date=7 March 2012|work=Variety|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=6 March 2012}}
= 2013–2016: Rise to prominence and critical recognition =
File:Lily Collins by Gage Skidmore, 2013.jpg]]
Collins was initially cast as the lead in the 2013 remake of Evil Dead, but dropped out due to a scheduling issue.{{cite web |date=4 January 2012|title=We've Discovered Who Plays The Lead In 'The Evil Dead' Remake – Meet The New Ash!|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/27776 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042805/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/27776/|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=10 January 2012|publisher=Bloody Disgusting}}{{cite web|date=24 January 2012|title='The Evil Dead' Remake Loses Lily Collins |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-evil-dead-remake-loses-lily-collins|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173357/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-evil-dead-remake-loses-lily-collins|archive-date=3 March 2016|access-date=3 February 2012|work=Indiewire}} She played the title role as an earth-visiting alien in M83's music video "Claudia Lewis", released in August 2013. She starred as Clary Fray in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a film adaptation of the first book in The Mortal Instruments novels, written by Cassandra Clare.{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr. |title=For Young Thesps, It's All About Locking Roles Before Holidays|url=https://deadline.com/2010/12/for-young-thesps-its-all-about-locking-roles-before-holidays-89789/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042643/https://deadline.com/2010/12/for-young-thesps-its-all-about-locking-roles-before-holidays-89789/ |archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2010|website=Deadline Hollywood}} The role earned her a Teen Choice Award nomination in 2014. In October 2013, Collins appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.{{cite magazine|last=Schillaci|first=Sophie |date=29 October 2013|title=Kanye West, Selena Gomez Among Artists in 30 Seconds to Mars' 'City of Angels'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5770686/kanye-west-selena-gomez-among-artists-in-30-seconds-to-mars-city-of-angels|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042716/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5770686/kanye-west-selena-gomez-among-artists-in-30-seconds-to-mars-city-of-angels|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=8 August 2014|magazine=Billboard}} In 2014, Collins starred as Rosie Dunne in the film adaptation of Love, Rosie,{{cite web |first=Hilary |last=Alexander |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG11173871/Lily-Collinss-fashion-hits.html|title=Lily's mix and match|work=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 August 2014|access-date=7 February 2015|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042748/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG11173871/Lily-Collinss-fashion-hits.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=4 February 2013|title=Lily Collins, Sam Claflin Board Romantic Comedy 'Love, Rosie' |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/lily-collins-sam-claflin-board-romantic-comedy-love-rosie-420817/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042756/https://deadline.com/2013/02/lily-collins-sam-claflin-board-romantic-comedy-love-rosie-420817/|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=19 February 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood}} Love, Rosie was negatively received, although her performance was praised, with Donald Clarke of The Irish Times describing her as "perfectly charming."{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Donald|title=Love, Rosie review: fake-Irish rom com bomb|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/love-rosie-review-fake-irish-rom-com-bomb-1.1974531|access-date=2021-06-07|newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-date=30 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530154951/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/love-rosie-review-fake-irish-rom-com-bomb-1.1974531|url-status=live}}
Collins had a leading role as aspiring actress Marla Mabrey in the romantic comedy-drama Rules Don't Apply (2016).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/warren-beatty-ron-burkle-steve-bing-brett-ratner-terry-semel-arnon-milchan-annette-bening-alden-ehrenreich-lilly-collinshoward-hughes-686367/|title=Warren Beatty's Untitled Howard Hughes Pic Finally Takes Flight Financed By Billionaire Boys' Club; Ehrenreich, Collins To Star In Love Story; Bening And Broderick Also In|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anita|last=Busch |date=21 February 2014|access-date=26 February 2014|archive-date=29 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042643/https://deadline.com/2014/02/warren-beatty-ron-burkle-steve-bing-brett-ratner-terry-semel-arnon-milchan-annette-bening-alden-ehrenreich-lilly-collinshoward-hughes-686367/|url-status=live}} When the film was released in November, it received mixed reviews and grossed $3.9 million against its $25 million budget. Despite this, for her role as Marla Mabrey, Collins received her first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical at the 74th Golden Globe Awards. In 2016, Collins was part of a pilot produced for The Last Tycoon, loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's last book The Last Tycoon. Amazon picked up the pilot to series on 27 July 2016 but later cancelled their plans for a second season in September in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/the-last-tycoon-picked-up-series-amazon-matt-bomer-1201793630/|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=27 July 2016|title='The Last Tycoon' Drama Picked Up To Series By Amazon|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=23 May 2022|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523144338/https://deadline.com/2016/07/the-last-tycoon-picked-up-series-amazon-matt-bomer-1201793630/|url-status=live}}
In March 2016, Collins joined the anorexia drama film To the Bone in the lead role, written and directed by Marti Noxon.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/lily-collins-to-the-bone-movie-marti-noxon-anorexia-comedy-1201723611/|title=Lily Collins To Star In Marti Noxon's Dark Anorexia Comedy 'To The Bone'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=21 March 2016|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042642/https://deadline.com/2016/03/lily-collins-to-the-bone-movie-marti-noxon-anorexia-comedy-1201723611/ |url-status=live}} The film follows Ellen, a 20-year-old woman suffering from anorexia nervosa. It premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2017, as a contender in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. It was released worldwide on Netflix on 14 July 2017. When the film was released on Netflix there was some controversy about whether the film would be triggering for those with eating disorders.{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/to-the-bone-nexflix-controversy-lily-collins-anorexia-eating-disorders-how-to-watch-a7841711.html |title=Lily Collins responds to controversy over Netflix drama 'To The Bone'|date=14 July 2017|work=The Independent |access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042659/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/bone-nexflix-controversy-lily-collins-anorexia-eating-disorders-how-watch-a7841711.html|url-status=live}} This controversy was also influenced by another Netflix original show 13 Reasons Why after it was accused of glamorising suicide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-02/13-reasons-why-to-carry-additional-warnings-for-viewers-following-criticism-of-graphic-suicide-scene/|title=13 Reasons Why to carry additional warnings for viewers following criticism of 'graphic' suicide scene|website=Radio Times |access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042757/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-02/13-reasons-why-to-carry-additional-warnings-for-viewers-following-criticism-of-graphic-suicide-scene/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/lily-collins-bone-compared-13-reasons-why-marti-noxon-grateful-jay-ashers-story-2566111|title=Lily Collins' 'To The Bone' Compared To '13 Reasons Why'? Marti Noxon Grateful For Jay Asher's Story|first=Camille|last=Heimbrod|date=15 July 2017|website=International Business Times|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042803/https://www.ibtimes.com/lily-collins-bone-compared-13-reasons-why-marti-noxon-grateful-jay-ashers-story-2566111|url-status=live}} Despite the taboo topic of the film, Collins's depiction of Ellen was described as "exemplary work from Lily Collins in the central role."{{Cite web|title=To the Bone (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/to_the_bone|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=29 January 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218182650/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/to_the_bone|url-status=live}} Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times wrote that "In a different film, Ellen's sharp tongue might have made her an insufferable fount of wisecracking negativity, but Collins' performance is subtler than that, and the script gives her ample opportunity to reveal the character's more complicated, vulnerable edges."{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-to-the-bone-review-20170713-story.html|title=Lily Collins plays an anorexic in the sardonic, empathetic drama 'To the Bone'|last=Chang|first=Justin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=13 July 2017|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042645/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-to-the-bone-review-20170713-story.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/07/11/lily-collins-netflix-anorexia-movie-bone/465422001/ |title='To the Bone': Why Lily Collins plays a woman with anorexia after her own eating disorder|work=USA Today|access-date=23 December 2018 |archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042730/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/07/11/lily-collins-netflix-anorexia-movie-bone/465422001/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Gluck|first=Didi|title=Lily Collins Shares How Suffering from an Eating Disorder Changed Her Definition of 'Healthy' |date=22 June 2017 |work=Shape|url=https://www.shape.com/celebrities/videos/lily-collins-shape-july-2017|access-date=23 December 2018|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042648/https://www.shape.com/celebrities/videos/lily-collins-shape-july-2017|url-status=live}}
= 2017–present: Established actress =
File:Lily_Collins_&_Zac_Efron_3.png co-star Zac Efron in 2019]]
Collins was cast in the Netflix drama film Okja directed by Bong Joon-ho.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/lily-collins-to-join-jake-gyllenhaal-in-netflixs-monster-movie-okja-exclusive/|title=Lily Collins to Join Jake Gyllenhaal in Netflix's Monster Movie 'Okja' (Exclusive)|website=TheWrap|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=22 March 2016|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042755/https://www.thewrap.com/lily-collins-to-join-jake-gyllenhaal-in-netflixs-monster-movie-okja-exclusive/ |url-status=live}} The film competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and received a four-minute standing ovation after its premiere.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/cannes-2017-lineup-list-film-festival-schedule-1201804813/ |title=2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More|last=Winfrey|first=Graham|date=13 April 2017 |work=IndieWire |access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505135615/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/cannes-2017-lineup-list-film-festival-schedule-1201804813/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/okja-netflixs-cannes-premiere-gets-four-minute-standing-ovation-press-screening-snafu-1005530|title=Cannes: Netflix's 'Okja' Premiere Gets Four-Minute Standing Ovation After Press Screening Snafu |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=19 May 2017 |access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042718/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/okja-netflixs-cannes-premiere-gets-four-minute-standing-ovation-press-screening-snafu-1005530|url-status=live}} It was released on Netflix on 28 June 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/819645-first-teaser-for-bong-joon-hos-okja-coming-to-netflix|title=First Teaser for Bong Joon-ho's Okja, Coming to Netflix|date=28 February 2017|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042811/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/819645-first-teaser-for-bong-joon-hos-okja-coming-to-netflix|url-status=live}} In 2017, it was revealed that Les Misérables would be adapted by Andrew Davies into a BBC mini series directed by Tom Shankland.{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=9 January 2018 |title=David Oyelowo, Dominic West, Lily Collins to Star in BBC's 'Les Misérables' Miniseries|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/les-miserables-mini-series-bbc-david-oyelowo-1202530969/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233246/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/les-miserables-mini-series-bbc-david-oyelowo-1202530969/|archive-date=30 March 2019|access-date=29 January 2019|work=Variety}} Collins starred as Fantine, a young woman in Paris who is abandoned by her wealthy lover, forcing her to look after their child, Cosette, on her own. Filming began in February 2018 in Belgium and Northern France.{{Cite news|last=Furness|first=Hannah|date=10 January 2018|title=BBC unveils cast of new Les Miserables series with pledge to take classic back to its roots|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/10/bbc-unveils-cast-new-les-miserables-series-pledge-take-classic/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110020143/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/10/bbc-unveils-cast-new-les-miserables-series-pledge-take-classic/|archive-date=10 January 2018 |url-access=subscription|url-status=dead|access-date=29 January 2019|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} Critics praised Collins's performance as Fantine; Alexandra Pollard of The Independent wrote that "[Collins] plays the tragic Fantine with steeliness and grace," in a "magnificent"{{Cite web|last=Pollard|first=Alexandra|date=6 January 2019|title=Les Misérables review, episode two: Lily Collins plays the tragic Fantine with steeliness and grace|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/les-miserables-episode-two-tv-review-bbc-lily-collins-dominic-west-olivia-colman-a8711911.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042816/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/les-miserables-episode-two-tv-review-bbc-lily-collins-dominic-west-olivia-colman-a8711911.html|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=29 January 2019|work=The Independent}} performance, while another critic stated that "Lily Collins does not sing her anguished soul out when she is abandoned by her lover. So much so, she impressed me from the get-go with her emotionally rich performance."{{Cite web|last=Bullard|first=Alexandra|date=25 January 2019|title=Review: BBC's Les Miserables|url=https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2019/01/25/review-bbcs-les-miserables/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042741/https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2019/01/25/review-bbcs-les-miserables/|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=29 January 2019|work=Glasgow University Guardian}}
In 2019, Collins co-starred with Zac Efron in the drama Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, directed by Joe Berlinger. She plays Elizabeth Kendall, Ted Bundy's long-time girlfriend, who struggles to accept that her boyfriend is a serial killer. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 26 January.{{Cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/436114/zac-efron-is-extremely-wicked-shockingly-evil-and-vile-as-ted-bundy-in-new-scene/|title=Zac Efron Is 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile' As Ted Bundy In New Scene|publisher=Entertainment Tonight Canada |first=Shakiel |last=Mahjouri|date=29 March 2019|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042757/https://etcanada.com/news/436114/zac-efron-is-extremely-wicked-shockingly-evil-and-vile-as-ted-bundy-in-new-scene/ |url-status=dead}} Also that year, Collins co-starred as Edith Tolkien, the wife of author J. R. R. Tolkien, in the biographical film Tolkien.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/lily-collins-tolkien-nicholas-hoult-1202542929/|title=Lily Collins to Co-Star Opposite Nicholas Hoult in Biopic 'Tolkien'|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=30 August 2017|work=Variety|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819052315/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/lily-collins-tolkien-nicholas-hoult-1202542929/|url-status=live}} Filming began in October 2017 and wrapped in December,{{Cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/909537-the-tolkien-movie-starring-hoult-and-collins-wraps-filming|title=Tolkien Movie, Starring Hoult and Collins, Wraps Filming|date=14 December 2017|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042656/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/909537-the-tolkien-movie-starring-hoult-and-collins-wraps-filming|url-status=live}} and Tolkien was released on 10 May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/j-r-r-tolkien-biopic-nicholas-hoult-summer-2019-release-date/|title=J.R.R. Tolkien Biopic With Nicholas Hoult Gets Summer 2019 Release Date|last=Welk|first=Brian|date=17 January 2019|website=TheWrap|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=18 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118012630/https://www.thewrap.com/j-r-r-tolkien-biopic-nicholas-hoult-summer-2019-release-date/|url-status=live}}
In 2020, Collins starred in the thriller Inheritance directed by Vaughn Stein,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/lily-collins-inheritance-movie-simon-pegg-cast-1202551287/|title=Lily Collins Is Joining Simon Pegg In Thriller 'Inheritance' – EFM |website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=6 February 2019|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042805/https://deadline.com/2019/02/lily-collins-inheritance-movie-simon-pegg-cast-1202551287/|url-status=live}} and in Emily in Paris, a Netflix television series about a young American working in Paris.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/emily-in-paris-picked-up-netflix-darren-star-comedy-series-lily-collins-star-moves-from-paramount-network-1202983850/|title='Emily In Paris' Picked Up By Netflix; Darren Star's Comedy Series Starring Lily Collins Moves To Streamer From Paramount Network|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=13 July 2020|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713171952/https://deadline.com/2020/07/emily-in-paris-picked-up-netflix-darren-star-comedy-series-lily-collins-star-moves-from-paramount-network-1202983850/|url-status=live}} For Emily in Paris, Collins received a second Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. That same year, she portrayed Rita Alexander, an English transcriber to writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, in the critically acclaimed film Mank.{{Cite web|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=6 November 2020|title='Mank' Review: In David Fincher's Immersive Hollywood Drama, Gary Oldman Is Delectably Droll as the Screenwriter of 'Citizen Kane'|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/mank-review-gary-oldman-david-fincher-herman-j-mankiewicz-citizen-kane-1234823180/|access-date=2021-06-07|work=Variety|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106170125/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/mank-review-gary-oldman-david-fincher-herman-j-mankiewicz-citizen-kane-1234823180/|url-status=live}} Collins is scheduled to star in The Cradle directed by Hope Dickinson Leach,{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jack-oconnell-lily-collins-hope-dickson-leachs-the-cradle-protagonist-1202791863/|title=Jack O'Connell, Lily Collins to Star in Hope Dickson Leach's 'The Cradle'|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=30 April 2018|work=Variety|access-date=29 January 2019 |archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042655/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jack-oconnell-lily-collins-hope-dickson-leachs-the-cradle-protagonist-1202791863/|url-status=live}} and in Gilded Rage, directed by Charlie McDowell.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/christoph-waltz-bill-skarsgard-lily-collins-thriller-gilded-rage-jake-gyllenhaal-xyz-films-1202773503/|title=Christoph Waltz & Lily Collins Join Bill Skarsgard In Thriller 'Gilded Rage' For Producer Jake Gyllenhaal, XYZ Films – AFM|website=Deadline Hollywood|first1=Tom|last1=Grater|first2=Andreas|last2=Wiseman|date=31 October 2019|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042717/https://deadline.com/2019/10/christoph-waltz-bill-skarsgard-lily-collins-thriller-gilded-rage-jake-gyllenhaal-xyz-films-1202773503/|url-status=live}}
In June 2021, it was announced that Collins would produce a film to be directed by Lena Dunham about the children's toy Polly Pocket. Collins will be playing the title role.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lena-dunham-lily-collins-polly-pocket-1235004563/|title=Lily Collins to Play Polly Pocket in Live-Action Movie From Lena Dunham|work=Variety|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=24 June 2021|access-date=24 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624190211/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lena-dunham-lily-collins-polly-pocket-1235004563/|url-status=live}}
Public image
As a teenager, Collins wrote a column, "NY Confidential", for the British magazine Elle Girl. She has also written for Seventeen,{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Lily|date=6 September 2008|title=At the RNC: Lilly Collins Reports (Again)!|url=http://www.seventeen.com/college-career-old/teen-voting-elections-blog/lily-collins-meghan-mccain-rnc|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807211519/http://www.seventeen.com/college-career-old/teen-voting-elections-blog/lily-collins-meghan-mccain-rnc|archive-date=7 August 2011|access-date=25 November 2009|work=Seventeen}} Teen Vogue,{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Lily|date=19 May 2008|title=What a Ball!|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/style/blogs/fashion/2008/05/style-blogger-what-a-ball.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042717/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/style-blogger-what-a-ball|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=25 November 2009|work=Teen Vogue}} and the Los Angeles Times.{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Lily|date=March 2009|title=Obama's Inauguration: All Together Now|url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2009/03/lily-collins-obama-inauguration.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191421/http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2009/03/lily-collins-obama-inauguration.html|archive-date=13 July 2011|access-date=25 November 2009|work=Los Angeles Times}} She was selected by Chanel to wear one of their gowns at the 2007 Bal des débutantes at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, which was featured on season three of the reality television series The Hills.{{Cite web|last=Crick|first=Claire|date=11 January 2019|title=7 things you didn't know about Les Miserables star Lily Collins|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-les-miserables-star-lily-collins-558695/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042630/https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-les-miserables-star-lily-collins-558695/|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=30 January 2019|website=What's on TV}}{{cite news|last=Nikkhah|first=Roya|date=25 November 2007|title=New elite comes out at the billionaires' ball|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1570473/New-elite-comes-out-at-the-billionaires-ball.html|url-status=live|access-date=25 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404073014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1570473/New-elite-comes-out-at-the-billionaires-ball.html|archive-date=4 April 2019}} She was picked by Spain's Glamour magazine in 2008 as its International Model of the Year,{{cite web|date=14 November 2008|title=Glamour premia a las Mujeres del Año|url=http://www.abc.es/20081114/gente-famosos-latidos/glamour-premia-mujeres-200811140807.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616051204/http://www.abc.es/20081114/gente-famosos-latidos/glamour-premia-mujeres-200811140807.html|archive-date=16 June 2011|access-date=25 November 2009|work=ABC|location=Madrid}} and appeared on the magazine's cover in August 2009.
Collins covered the 2008 US presidential election as a host on the Nickelodeon series Kids Pick the President.{{cite web|last=Weprin|first=Alex|date=20 August 2008|title=Nickelodeon Gets Political with Election Programming|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/115079-Nickelodeon_Gets_Political_with_Election_Programming.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042716/https://www.nexttv.com/|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=25 November 2009|publisher=Broadcasting & Cable}} She won a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for Newest Red Carpet Correspondent.{{cite web|title=Lily Collins - Young Hollywood Awards - HL|url=http://www.yhawards.com/2008/winner/winner_lily_collins.html|publisher=Young Hollywood Awards|accessdate=28 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608194223/http://www.yhawards.com/2008/winner/winner_lily_collins.html|archive-date=8 June 2009|url-status=dead}} She was one of 20 women named by Maxim magazine as Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars in 2009.{{cite web|title=The Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars|url=http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/85305/hottest-daughters-rock-stars.html#7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042635/https://www.maxim.com/tag/girls#7|archive-date=29 December 2020|access-date=2 December 2009|work=Maxim}}
Activism
Collins is an outspoken anti-bullying advocate and is a Celebrity Ambassador to anti-bullying organisation Bystander Revolution.{{cite press release|title=Lily Collins Teams Up with Bystander Revolution to Change Student Perception About Bullying|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lily-collins-teams-up-with-bystander-revolution-to-change-student-perception-about-bullying-300068387.html|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=4 May 2015|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042829/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lily-collins-teams-up-with-bystander-revolution-to-change-student-perception-about-bullying-300068387.html|url-status=live}} Since 2018, she has also been an ambassador for the GO Campaign, a nonprofit organisation that raises awareness and funds to improve the lives of orphans and vulnerable children around the world.
In the 2024 United States presidential election, Collins endorsed Kamala Harris.{{Cite web |title=Video Lily Collins talks 'Emily in Paris' season 4 and its off-screen romances |url=https://abcnews.go.com/theview/video/lily-collins-talks-emily-paris-season-4-off-113731381 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
Personal life
Collins stated in 2013 that she did not like to discuss her relationships publicly after witnessing the difficulties caused by the media coverage of her parents' divorce.{{cite web |date=6 August 2013 |title=Lily Collins in awe of Depp |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/lily-collins-in-awe-of-depp-29477173.html|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130826014652/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/lily-collins-in-awe-of-depp-29477173.html |archive-date=26 August 2013 |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=15 August 2015}}
In September 2020, Collins announced her engagement to American film director and writer Charlie McDowell.{{Cite web |last=Flanagan |first=Hanna |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Lily Collins Says Unique Diamond Engagement Ring Is 'Exactly What I Wanted ... He Knew Me So Well' |url=https://people.com/style/lily-collins-unique-diamond-engagement-ring-is-exactly-what-she-wanted/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229042828/https://people.com/style/lily-collins-unique-diamond-engagement-ring-is-exactly-what-she-wanted/ |archive-date=29 December 2020 |access-date=8 October 2020}} They were married on 4 September 2021 at Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado.{{cite web |last=Brockington |first=Ariana |date=7 September 2021 |title=Lily Collins Marries Charlie McDowell: "We Officially Became Each Other's Forever" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/lily-collins-marries-charlie-mcdowell-1235009417/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907204411/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/lily-collins-marries-charlie-mcdowell-1235009417/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Abigail |date=September 7, 2021 |title=Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell Are Married: 'We Officially Became Each Other's Forever' |url=https://people.com/tv/lily-collins-charlie-mcdowell-are-married/ |website=People |access-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812171537/https://people.com/tv/lily-collins-charlie-mcdowell-are-married/ |url-status=live }} Collins purchased Case Study House No. 10 in Pasadena, California in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Rachel |date=2022-06-07 |title=Kristen Wiig Sells Pasadena Case Study House to Lily Collins for $3.9 Million |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kristen-wiig-sells-pasadena-case-study-house-lily-collins |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608060242/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kristen-wiig-sells-pasadena-case-study-house-lily-collins |archive-date=8 June 2022 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}} In March 2023 it was reported that they had bought a townhouse in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Ben |title=Emily in Paris becomes Collins in Copenhagen |url=https://cphpost.dk/2023-03-08/news/emily-in-paris-becomes-collins-in-copenhagen/ |website=CPH post |date=8 March 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023}} In 2025, Collins announced on Instagram that their first child was born via surrogacy.{{Cite news |last=Daniel Lavelle |date=2025-02-01 |title=Actor Lily Collins welcomes birth of first child by surrogacy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/01/actor-lily-collins-welcomes-birth-of-first-child-by-surrogacy |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=The Guardian}}
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