Lily Collins

Lily Collins

Collins at 2013 WonderCon promoting The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Born Lily Jane Collins
(1989-03-18) 18 March 1989
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Citizenship British / American
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active 1991–present
Parent(s) Phil Collins
Relatives

Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is a British-American actress and model.[1] The daughter of an English father and an American mother, she was born in England and moved to the United States as a child.

Collins began acting at the age of two in the BBC series Growing Pains. She was a guest star on 90210 in 2009, followed by her feature film debut in the semi-biographical sports film The Blind Side. She was named One to Watch by the Young Hollywood Awards for her roles in the sci-fi action-horror film Priest (2011) and the psychological action-thriller film Abduction. She was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy for her role as Snow White in the fantasy film Mirror Mirror and for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Action for portraying Clary Fray in the fantasy film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Collins is also known for her roles in the films Stuck in Love (2012), The English Teacher (2013), and Love, Rosie (2014).

Early life

Collins was born in Guildford, Surrey.[2] She is the daughter of English musician Phil Collins and his second wife, Jill Tavelman, an American who is the former president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club.[3] After her parents' divorce when she was five, Collins moved to Los Angeles with her mother. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and attended the University of Southern California, majoring in broadcast journalism.[4] She was presented as a debutante at the Bal des débutantes in Paris in 2007.[5] Collins is the half-sister of actress Joely Collins and musician Simon Collins from her father's first marriage, and Nicholas and Matthew Collins from her father's third marriage.

Career

Collins began acting at the age of two in the BBC series Growing Pains.[6] As a teenager, Collins wrote a column, "NY Confidential", for the British magazine Elle Girl.[7] She has also written for Seventeen,[8] Teen Vogue,[9] and the Los Angeles Times.[10] She was selected by Chanel to wear one of their gowns at the 2007 Bal des débutantes at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, which was featured on season three of the reality television series The Hills.[7][11] She was picked by Spain's Glamour magazine in 2008 as its International Model of the Year,[12] and appeared on the magazine's cover in August 2009. Collins covered the 2008 US presidential election as a host on the Nickelodeon series Kids Pick the President.[10][13] She won a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for Newest Red Carpet Correspondent.[14]

In 2009, Collins appeared in two episodes of the teen drama series 90210, including the first season's finale. Collins was one of 20 women named by Maxim magazine as one of the Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars in 2009.[15] In 2009, Collins co-starred in the film The Blind Side as Collins Tuohy, the daughter of Sandra Bullock's character Leigh Anne Tuohy. In 2011, she played the warrior priest's daughter Lucy in the thriller Priest, opposite Paul Bettany.[16][17] MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011.[18] She co-starred in the 2011 action film Abduction with Taylor Lautner.[19]

Collins at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

The following year, Collins played Snow White in Mirror Mirror, an adaptation of the fairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, co-starring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen Clementianna. Robbie Collin from the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph wrote of Collins: "She has an adorable, sensational, almost perfect face for cinema; think Audrey Hepburn with the eyebrows of Liam Gallagher. Her smile is the platonic ideal of cheeky."[20] She made her singing debut in the film, performing an English re-written cover of "I Believe (in Love)". Collins was reportedly cast as the lead in the 2013 remake of Evil Dead, but dropped out due to a scheduling issue.[21][22] In March 2012, it was announced that Collins would portray Samantha in Stuck in Love, starring alongside Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, and Greg Kinnear.[23]

Collins then starred as Clary Fray in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a film adaptation of the first book in The New York Times best-selling The Mortal Instruments novels, written by Cassandra Clare.[24] In October 2013, Collins appeared in the music video for "City of Angels" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.[25] In 2014, Collins starred as Rosie Dunne in the film adaptation of Love, Rosie, also known as Where Rainbows End, written by Cecelia Ahern.[26] She appeared alongside Sam Claflin. Collins is expected to have a leading role alongside Alden Ehrenreich in the upcoming untitled romantic drama film from Warren Beatty.[27] In March 2016, Collins joined the anorexia drama film To the Bone in the lead role, written and directed by Marti Noxon.[28] That same month, she was cast in the Netflix drama film Okja alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton, directed by Bong Joon-ho.[29]

Personal life

Collins stated in 2013 that she does not like to discuss the interest in her relationships publicly due to witnessing the difficulties caused by the media coverage of her parents' divorce.[30] She dated her The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones co-star Jamie Campbell Bower from July 2012[31] until August 2013.[32] In May 2015, it was confirmed that the two had reconciled.[33]

Activism

Collins is an outspoken anti-bullying advocate and is serving as a Celebrity Ambassador to anti-bullying organization Bystander Revolution,[34] founded by author MacKenzie Bezos.[35]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Blind Side Collins Tuohy
2011 Priest Lucy Pace
2011 Abduction Karen Murphy
2012 Mirror Mirror Snow White
2012 Stuck in Love Samantha Borgens
2013 The English Teacher Halle Anderson
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Clary Fray
2014 Love, Rosie Rosie Dunne
2016 Untitled Warren Beatty project Marla Mabrey
2017 To the Bone Ellen In post-production
2017 Okja Red Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 90210 Phoebe Abrams 2 episodes
2016 The Last Tycoon Cecelia Brady Amazon Studios pilot

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2008 Young Hollywood Awards One to Watch Herself Won
2012 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Mirror Mirror Nominated [36]
2013 MTV Movie Awards Summer's Biggest Teen Bad A** The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Nominated
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress – Action Nominated [37]

References

  1. ↑ Willis, Jackie. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Lilly Collins.". Celebuzz.
  2. ↑ Lansden, Pamela (10 April 1989). "Take One". People. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "No date for the red carpet? These guys took the folks instead". Glamour. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Cable, Simon (4 December 2008). "My, hasn't Phil Collins's little Lily blossomed?". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Nikkhah, Roya (25 November 2007). "New elite comes out at the billionaires' ball". The Daily Telegraph.
  6. ↑ Alexander, Hilary (20 August 2014). "Lily's mix and match". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 Methven, Charlotte (30 November 2007). "Genesis of a frock star: Lily Collins on the rock star dad who walked out on her". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  8. ↑ Collins, Lily (6 September 2008). "At the RNC: Lilly Collins Reports (Again)!". Seventeen. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  9. ↑ Collins, Lily (19 May 2008). "What a Ball!". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  10. 1 2 Collins, Lily (March 2009). "Obama's Inauguration: All Together Now". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  11. ↑ Nikkhah, Roya (25 November 2007). "New elite comes out at the billionaires' ball". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  12. ↑ "Glamour premia a las Mujeres del Año". ABC. Madrid. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  13. ↑ Weprin, Alex (20 August 2008). "Nickelodeon Gets Political with Election Programming". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  14. ↑ "Lily Collins – Young Hollywood Awards". Life. 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  15. ↑ "The Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars". Maxim. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  16. ↑ "Bio of Lily Collins". Tribute. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  17. ↑ Fleming, Michael (23 August 2009). "Collins join 'Priest' hood". Variety. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  18. ↑ Evry, Max (5 January 2011). "25 Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011". NextMovie.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  19. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (15 April 2010). "Lily Collins Joins Taylor Lautner in 'Abduction'". TheWrap.
  20. ↑ Collin, Robbie (30 March 2012). "Mirror, Mirror – review". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  21. ↑ "We've Discovered Who Plays The Lead In 'The Evil Dead' Remake – Meet The New Ash!". Bloody Disgusting. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  22. ↑ "'The Evil Dead' Remake Loses Lily Collins". Indiewire. 24 January 2012.
  23. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (6 March 2012). "Cast set for 'Writers'". Variety. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  24. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike. "For Young Thesps, It's All About Locking Roles Before Holidays". Deadline.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  25. ↑ Schillaci, Sophie (29 October 2013). "Kanye West, Selena Gomez Among Artists in 30 Seconds to Mars' 'City of Angels'". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  26. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (4 February 2013). "Lily Collins, Sam Claflin Board Romantic Comedy 'Love, Rosie'". Deadline.com.
  27. ↑ Busch, Anita (21 February 2014). "Warren Beatty's Untitled Howard Hughes Pic Finally Takes Flight Financed By Billionaire Boys' Club; Ehrenreich, Collins To Star In Love Story; Bening And Broderick Also In". Deadline.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  28. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (21 March 2016). "Lily Collins To Star In Marti Noxon's Dark Anorexia Comedy 'To The Bone'". Deadline.com.
  29. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (22 March 2016). "Lily Collins to Join Jake Gyllenhaal in Netflix's Monster Movie 'Okja' (Exclusive)". TheWrap.
  30. ↑ "Lily Collins in awe of Depp". The Belfast Telegraph. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Lily Collins snapped kissing boyfriend Jamie Campbell Bower on set of their new movie". Daily Mail. 24 August 2012.
  32. ↑ "Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower Split; Costars Break Up". Us Weekly. 8 August 2013.
  33. ↑ "'Life works in mysterious ways': Lily Collins confirms she has reconciled with Jamie Campbell-Bower with passionate kissing picture". Daily Mail. 27 May 2015.
  34. ↑ "Lily Collins Teams Up with Bystander Revolution to Change Student Perception About Bullying". PR Newswire. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  35. ↑ "Bystander Revolution, About". Bystander Revolution. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  36. ↑ "Teen Choice Awards 2012: 'Vampire Diaries' Leads Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  37. ↑ "2014 Teen Choice Awards Winners and Nominees – complete list". HitFix. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

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