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Lily Collins

Actor, Producer
Born March 18, 1989 (35 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Stuck in Love
  • The English Teacher
Known For
  • Love, Rosie
  • Emily in Paris
  • The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
  • Mirror Mirror
  • The Blind Side
  • To the Bone
  • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
  • Abduction
  • Priest
  • Stuck in Love
  • Mank
  • Okja
  • Tolkien
  • Inheritance
  • Windfall
  • Rules Don't Apply
  • The English Teacher
  • The Last Tycoon
  • Les Misérables (2018)
  • A Wizard's Tale
  • Releasing Sep 20, 2024

Filmography

2024
MaXXXine · as Molly Bennett
2023
2022
Windfall · as Wife
2021
Calls (US) (TV Series) · as Camila (voice)
2020
Mank · as Rita Alexander
2020
Emily in Paris (TV Series) · as Emily Cooper
2020
Inheritance · as Lauren Monroe
2019
2019
Tolkien · as Edith Bratt
2019
2018
Les Misérables (2018) (TV Series) · as Fantine
2018
A Wizard's Tale · as Princess Dawn (voice)
2017
To the Bone · as Ellen
2017
Okja · as Red
2016
Rules Don't Apply · as Marla Mabrey
2016
The Last Tycoon (TV Series) · as Cecelia Brady
2014
Love, Rosie · as Rosie Dunne
2013
2013
M83: Claudia Lewis · as Claudia Lewis
2013
The English Teacher · as Halle Anderson
2012
Stuck in Love · as Samantha 'sam' Borgens
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 (TV Series)
2008
90210 (TV Series) · as Phoebe Abrams
1999
Tarzan · as Baby Ape (voice)
Halo of Stars · as Misty Dawn

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