Lilly Collins is an American-British Model, Actress, and writer. Lilly started working at the age of only 2. She got recognition for her supporting role in the sports drama film “ The Blind Side” in 2009. She is famous for her role in ‘Emily in Paris’ ‘Mirror Mirror” Love, Rosie, and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Although she got a chance due to his father Phil Collins who is a musician, she proved herself with her talent and won the hearts of people.
Biography
Lilly Collins was born on 18th March 1989. Her current age is 35 years old in 2024. Her zodiac sign is Pisces. She was born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles. Her parents are from the industry and encourage her to be part of it.
| Complete Name | Lilly Collins |
| Date of Birth | 18 March 1989 |
| Age | 35 years |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Place Of Birth | Guildford |
| Current Residence | Los Angeles |
| Profession | Actress, Model |
| Height | 5’5 ft |
| Weight | 50 kg approx |
| Hair Color | Brunette |
| Eye Color | Hazel green |
| Religion | Christian |
| Nationality | American- Bristish |
| Ethnicity | English |
| Siblings | Nicholas Collins, Joely Collins, Simon Collins |
| Marital Status | Married to Charlie McDowell |
| Parents | Phil Collins, Jill Tavelman |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Net Worth | $8 Million approx |
Appearance
She is British-American and of pure English descent. She has beautiful hazel-green eyes. Her hair is brunette but she keeps on changing color. Her height is 5’5 ft and her weight is a maximum of 50 kg approx. She goes to 43 kgs for her role in City of Bones.
Early Years & Education
Collins was born on 18th March 1989 in Guildford, Surrey, UK. Her father is a British Phill Collins and her mother is American Jill Tavelman. She spent her early years in England but at the age of six, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother, after her parent’s Divorce.
She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and then she attended the University of Southern California, where her major subject was broadcast Journalism. She was passionate about journalism but ended up as an actress and Model.
Lilly started to come on television at the age of 2, she appeared on the BBC sitcom Growing Pains (1992-93). In her teens, she wrote for popular magazines such as Teen Vogue, Elle Girl, and Seventeen. She also worked as a reporter in the U.S. presidential campaign in 2008 for Nickelodeon. She wanted to become a journalist but ended up as Actress and Model.
Family
She came from a famous family. Her father Phil Collins is an English musician who worked with the band Genesis. Her mother Jill Tavelman is an American and former president of Beverly Hills Women’s Club. Her mother was his father’s second wife; her siblings Simon Collins (Musician) and Joely Collins (actress) are from her father’s first marriage. Besides them she has two younger half-brothers Nicholas Collins and Mathew Collins are from his father’s third wife.
Her uncle Clive Collins was a cartoonist. The maternal grandfather of Lilly was a Canadian Jewish who owned a men’s clothing store in Beverly Hills, California.
Career
Lilly Collins’s debut film was a sports drama “The Blind Side in 2009 in which she appeared as a supporting role with Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw in lead roles. The movie was a huge success and she got recognition. After that, she appeared in various films like The Priest (2011), and Abduction (2011) but she got limelight from her film Mirror Mirror(2012) in which she played the role of snow white.
Her other projects include The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Love, Rossie (2014), Rules Don’t Apply (2016), Okia(2017), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019).
Her most famous role is in the Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’, in which she played the lead role of Emily. Another drama is ‘To the Bone’, about a woman who faces anorexia nervosa, this drama is close to her as she also faced the disease in her childhood. She wrote a book ‘Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me’, in which she gave details of her struggle with disease and growing up in the spotlight.
As a model, she modeled for various brands and received many honors. Lilly was given the title of “International Model of the Year” by Spain’s ‘Glamour’ magazine after she was chosen as a model for the ‘Channel’ brand. She was named “One to Watch” in 2008 at the “Young Hollywood Awards.”
Relationships
Collins keeps her personal life private, there is no information about her dating or boyfriends. She got married to Charlie McDowell in September 2021. Her husband is an American writer and film director.
In 2023, the couple bought a townhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Social Media
| lilyjcollins | |
| @lilycollins |
Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Lilly Collins is $8 Million. Collins’s main source of income is acting and modeling.
Interesting Facts about Sofia Boutella
- The Academy Award Winning song “You’ll Be In My Heart” by Phil Collins for the animated movie Tarzan (1999) was written for her by her father.
- She is an advocate of anti-bullying and was the first Ambassador of the anti-bullying organization “Bystander Revolution” in 2014
- She loves antiques and vintage things and she collects them.
- She struggled with eating disorders in her teenage and openly shares her experience in her book.
- In 2012 at Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards, she won “Pandora Breakthrough Artist Award”
FAQS
“Emily in Paris” is the most famous Netflix Series of Lilly Collins.
The American writer and director Charlie McDowell is the husband of Lilly. They have been happily married since 2021.
The name of her book is “Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me”.
She attended the University of Southern California and her major is broadcast Journalism.
