Lily Collins
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
Credits
- 2024 · Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field as
- 2024 · MaXXXine as Molly Bennett
- 2024 · Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
- 2022 · Windfall as Wife
- 2021 · Calls as Camila (voice)
- 2021 · The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank as Self
- 2020 · Mank as Rita Alexander
- 2020 · Emily in Paris as Emily Cooper
- 2020 · Inheritance as Lauren Monroe
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Tolkien as Edith Bratt
- 2019 · Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as Liz Kendall
- 2018 · Les Misérables as Fantine
- 2018 · A Wizard's Tale as Princess Dawn (voice)
- 2017 · The Dig as Zoe
- 2017 · The Last Tycoon as Cecelia Brady
- 2017 · Okja as Red
- 2017 · To the Bone as Ellen
- 2016 · Rules Don't Apply as Marla Mabrey
- 2016 · Quotidien as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2014 · Love, Rosie as Rosie Dunne
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 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 · Abduction as Karen Murphy
- 2011 · Priest as Lucy Pace
- 2009 · The Blind Side as Collins Tuohy
- 2009 · BrainSurge as
- 2008 · 90210 as Phoebe Abrams
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Lily Collins
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1999 · Tarzan as Baby Ape (voice)
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · Halo of Stars as Misty Dawn
- Future · Gilded Rage as
- Future · Titan as Emma
- Future · Untitled Polly Pocket Movie as