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Lily Collins

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 18, 1989 (36 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

  • Emily in Paris
  • Love, Rosie
  • 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
  • Tolkien
  • Inheritance
  • Okja
  • Windfall
  • Rules Don't Apply
  • The English Teacher
  • The Last Tycoon
  • Calls (US)

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    MaXXXine · as Molly Bennett
    2022
    Windfall · as Wife
    2021
    Calls (US) (TV Series) · as Camila
    2020
    Mank · as Rita Alexander
    2020
    Emily in Paris (TV Series) · as Emily Cooper
    2020
    Halo of Stars · as Misty Dawn
    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
    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)

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