Lily Collins

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Lily Collins
OCCUPATION
Actress, Writer
BIRTH DATE
March 18, 1989 (age 29)
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
PLACE OF BIRTH
Guildford, England, England
ZODIAC SIGN
Pisces

Biography of Lily Collins
Actress, Writer (1989-)
Lily Collins is a British-American actress who has starred in such films as 'The Blind Side', 'Mirror Mirror' and 'To The Bone' by Netflix.
Who is Lily Collins?
Born in Surrey, England in 1989, Lily Collins grew up in Los Angeles and became an actress at an early age. After taking some small roles on television, Collins made his feature film debut in the sports drama The Blind Side in 2009. His breakthrough role came a few years later when he played Snow White in Mirror Mirror (2012). Collins went on to star in other films such as the independent romantic comedy Stuck in Love (2012), the big-budget fantasy film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) and the controversial Netflix drama To the Bone, which tackles The Theme of the anorexia. Collins' father is musician Phil Collins.

Photo of Lily Collins
Lily Collins arrives at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017.

Photo: Christopher Polk / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank through Getty Images

Who is Lily Collins' mother?
Collins's mother is Jill Tavelman, an American socialist who for a time headed the nonprofit organization, the Beverly Hills Women's Club.

Films
Before reaching the big screen, Collins worked on television and appeared on the BBC Growing Pains series as a young child. Many years later, in 2009, she obtained a guest star role in 90210, which lasted two seasons.


'The blind side'
That same year, Collins' film debut was to play Sandra Bullock's daughter and Tim McGraw's characters in The Blind Side (2009), a sports drama based on the true story of Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Michael Oher, who It was adopted by Sean Leigh Anne Tuohy.

'Priest', 'Mirror Mirror'
The actress continued perfecting her craft in all things of fear, starring in the science fiction horror film Priest (2011), along with Paul Bettany, and the psychological thriller Abduction (2011), starring Taylor Lautner. But the film that launched her career was her main role as Snow White in the dark fantasy adventure Mirror Mirror (2012), which included the power of the star of Julia Roberts, who plays her evil stepmother based on the story of the Grimm brothers.

'The deadly instruments: City of bones'
But Collins made time to work on lighter projects when starring in comedies like Stuck in Love (2012), The English Teacher (2013) and Love Rosie (2014). He also appeared in the film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) as Clary Fray of the The Mortal Instruments franchise, but the film was poorly received by critics and the public. In 2016, Collins starred in the Warren Beatty Rules Do not apply as beauty queen Marla Mabrey, but neither left an impression.


'To the bone', 'Okja'
As for the newer platforms in 2016, Collins signed with Amazon to play a role in The Last Tycoon, which was inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name. He also played the lead role in Netflix's To the Bone, as a school dropout fighting anorexia. As part of a cast of stars, he appeared in another Netflix movie, Okja (2017), which was co-starred by Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano.

Eyebrows
Like the Cara Delevingne model, Collins' eyebrows have their own followers, in fact, their own Twitter account. But believe it or not, the actress grew up feeling quite insecure about her natural framing accessories, which are now the envy of fashion and fashion experts.

Although it is true that he had torn them in his youth to adapt, Collins said that his mother had given him good advice.

"You need to accept the extravagant things that make you different and make you beautiful," Lily recalled of her mother's words of wisdom. "It's what makes you stand out that makes you unique."

Early age and education
Lily Collins was born in England in the county of Surrey on March 18, 1989. Her famous father is the musician Phil Collins and her mother is the American socialist Jill Tavelman. The couple married in 1984, but separated in 1994, the beginning of what became a bitter public divorce, which ended two years later.

When Lily was five years old, her mother moved them to Los Angeles and saw much less to her father, which caused tension in their relationship. However, in an interview with The Guardian in 2012, Collins decided to keep the matter private. "I know the truth and I know how it was for me, and I know how much I love my family, and that's all that really matters," he said.

Collins has three half brothers, all male, and a half sister to the other marriages of his father.

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