Lily Collins is an actress and model who is also known as the daughter of the popular British musician Phil Collins. Audiences are familiar with her performances in films such as Snow White: Revenge of the Dwarfs, Les Miserables and The Blind Side.
short biography
Lily Jane Collins, this is how the full name of the actress sounds, was born on March 18, 1989 in Guildford, Surrey. Her father is world renowned musician Phil Collins. And mother Jill Tevelman is the ex-president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club.
When Lily was seven years old, the girl's parents divorced. She and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she began attending Harvard-Westlake School. Collins later continued her studies at the University of Southern California at the Faculty of Television Journalism.
Phil Collins speaking Photo: Raph_PH / Wikimedia Commons
Despite the fact that the actress is the only child of her parents, she has three half-brothers from different marriages of her father. The eldest of them is called Simon, and the two younger brothers are Nicholas and Matthew.
Career and creativity
The actress first appeared on television in 1991 with the BBC's "Growing Pains". At that time, Lily was only two years old. Later, as a teenager, she began writing entertaining articles for magazines such as Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Elle Girl and others.
In 2009, Collins landed a small role in the teen television series 90210: The Next Generation. In the same year she was invited to play a minor character in the film by John Lee Hancock "The Blind Side".
In 2011, the actress appeared in the thriller Shepherd, where she played one of the main roles of Lucy Pace. Lily's partners on the set were actors such as Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet and Maggie Q. But the real success for Collins was the role of Snow White in the adventure comedy Snow White: Revenge of the Dwarfs, which was presented to viewers in 2012.
Lily Collins Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / Wikimedia Commons
Over the next few years, the actress starred in films such as Stuck in Love, Love Rosie, Beyond the Rules, The Last Tycoon and others.
In 2017, director Marty Noxon presented the drama film To the Bones, in which Lily played the main character Ellen. The British TV series Les Miserables followed. The actress again performed one of the key roles, appearing in the tragic image of a woman named Fantina.
In 2019, Lily Collins appeared in several films at once. Among them are "Handsome, Bad, Ugly" and "Tolkien". In 2020, she can be seen in films such as Munk, Emily in Paris, Gilded Fury and Inheritance.
Personal life
Despite the publicity of her profession, Lily Collins prefers to keep everything about her family and relationships secret. The actress admits that both excessive openness complicated the relationship between her parents and led to the disintegration of the family.
Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / Wikimedia Commons
However, Lily failed to hide her romance with British actor Jamie Campbell Bauer. The couple started dating in 2012. But the romantic relationship did not last long. In 2013, it became known that the young people broke up. However, they managed to maintain warm friendly relations.
