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 comedy drama 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.

Filmography

• Insider — Sig selv
• 2025Lurker — Executive Producer
• 2025The Summer Book — Executive Producer
• 2024MaXXXine — Molly Bennett
• 2023Memory — Thanks
• 2022On the Line: The Richard Williams Story — Thanks
• 2022Windfall — Wife, Producer
• Calls — Camila (voice)
• Emily in Paris — Emily Cooper, Producer
• 2020Inheritance — Lauren Monroe
• 2020Mank — Rita Alexander
• 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile — Liz Kendall
• 2019Tolkien — Edith Bratt
• 2018A Wizard's Tale — Princess Dawn (voice)
• Les Misérables — Fantine
• 2017Okja — Red
• 2017The Dig — Zoe
• The Last Tycoon — Cecelia Brady
• 2017To the Bone — Ellen
• 2016Rules Don't Apply — Marla Mabrey
• 2014Love, Rosie — Rosie Dunne
• 2013Stuck in Love — Samantha 'Sam' Borgens
• 2013The English Teacher — Halle Anderson
• 2013The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — Clary Fray
• 2012Mirror Mirror — Snow White, Vocals
• 2011Abduction — Karen Murphy
• 2011Priest — Lucy Pace
• BrainSurge
• 2009The Blind Side — Collins Tuohy
• 90210 — Phoebe Abrams
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Lily Collins
• 1999Tarzan — Baby Ape (voice)
• Close Personal Friends
• Gilded Rage
• Halo of Stars — Misty Dawn
• Polly Pocket — Producer
• Titan — Emma
• Untitled Breakfast at Tiffany's Making of Film — Audrey Hepburn, Producer

Appearances as themselves (15)

• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• 2024Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field — Self
• 2021The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank — Self
• 2020The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• This Morning — Self
• Good Morning America — Self