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Lily Collins

Lily Jane Collins is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, she began acting and modelling more regularly, and gained recognition for her supporting role in the sports drama film The Blind Side (2009). She went on to star in several films, including the horror film Priest (2011), the thriller Abduction (2011), and the fantasy films Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).

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Lily Jane Collins is a British-American actor, model, and socialite born in Guildford in 1989. She is the daughter of Phil Collins and has siblings Joely Collins, Simon Collins, and Nicholas Collins. Her professional career began in 1992. She speaks English and British English and identifies with Christianity.

Collins has been in relationships with Jamie Campbell Bower and Taylor Lautner. She is married to Charlie McDowell, and they have one child. In addition to her acting and modeling work, she is an author. Her published work includes the title *Unfiltered*.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Lily Collins is referenced by 286 other articles, and connects out to Golden Globes, Snow White and anorexia nervosa.

It is catalogued under topics including 1989 births, 20th-century American actresses and 20th-century English actresses.

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Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

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,…

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Instance of: human
Given name: Jane
Family name: Collins
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Guildford
Spouse: Charlie McDowell
Father: Phil Collins
Sibling: Joely Collins
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: British English
Native language: English language
Religion: Christianity
Image: Lily Collins by Gage Skidmore, 2013.jpg
Height: 165
Number of children: 1

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Commons category: Lily Collins
date of birth: 1989-03-18
start of work period: 1992-00-00
social media followers: 688937
writing language: English language
unmarried partner: Taylor Lautner
birth name: Lily Jane Collins

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Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, she began acting and modelling more regularly, and gained recognition for her supporting role in the sports drama film The Blind Side (2009). She went on to star in several films, including the horror film Priest (2011), the thriller Abduction (2011), and the fantasy films Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).

Collins was critically acclaimed for her portrayals of a young actress in the romantic comedy Rules Don't Apply (2016), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and a young adult with anorexia in the drama To the Bone (2017). She appeared in the biopics Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), Tolkien (2019) and Mank (2020).

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