Line #36 Creator/LilyCollins


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3	Lily Jane Collins (born March 18, 1989 in Guildford, England) is an British-American actress, the daughter of Music/PhilCollins and Jill Tavelman.
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5	She began her acting career at the age of two in the BBC series ''Growing Pains''[[note]]Not to be confused with the [[Series/GrowingPains American sitcom of the same name]] that ran on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1985-1992[[/note]]. When her parents divorced, she and her mother went to Los Angeles. There, she acted in some minor roles, and picked up an interest in journalism, writing for ''Elle Girl'', ''Seventeen'', ''Teen Vogue'', and the ''Los Angeles Times''. After majoring in broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California, she covered the 2008 presidential campaign (including the election of UsefulNotes/BarackObama) for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.
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7	Around the same time, Lily began appearing in some major acting roles, starting with the first-season finale of ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 90210]]''. She acted with Creator/SandraBullock in ''Film/TheBlindSide'', with Creator/PaulBettany in ''Film/{{Priest\|2011}}'', and with Creator/TaylorLautner in ''Film/{{Abduction}}''. In 2012, she played Snow White in ''Film/MirrorMirror'', facing off against Creator/JuliaRoberts. She was not able to join the ''Film/{{Evil Dead\|2013}}'' remake due to scheduling conflicts, but did appear in ''Film/StuckInLove'', and plays the lead role of Clary Fray in ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones''. Currently, she is best known for her work in the small screen, starting with Prime Video's ''The Last Tycoon'' and continuing on with several Netflix productions.
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9	She is married to American director Charlie [=McDowell=] (son of Creator/MalcolmMcDowell and Creator/MarySteenburgen).
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11	!!Roles.
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13	* ''Growing Pains'' (c. 1991/1992)
14	* ''[[Series/BeverlyHills90210 90210]]'' (2009) as Phoebe Abrams
15	* ''Film/TheBlindSide'' (2009) as Collins Tuohy
16	* ''Film/{{Priest\|2011}}'' (2011) as Lucy Pace
17	* ''Film/{{Abduction}}'' (2011) as Karen Murphy
18	* ''Film/MirrorMirror'' (2012) as Snow White
19	* ''Film/StuckInLove'' (2012) as Samantha Borgens
20	* ''The English Teacher'' (2013) as Marie Healy
21	* ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' (2013) as Clary Fray
22	* ''Film/LoveRosie'' (2014) as Rosie Dunne
23	* ''Rules Don't Apply'' (2016) as Marla Mabrey
24	* ''Film/{{Okja}}'' (2017) as Red
25	* ''The Last Tycoon'' (2017) as Cecelia Brady
26	* ''Series/LesMiserables2018'' (2018-2019) as Fantine
27	* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile'' (2019) as Elizabeth Kloepfer
28	* ''Film/{{Tolkien}}'' (2019) as Edith Bratt (nee Tolkien)
29	* ''Series/EmilyInParis'' (2020 - ) as Emily Cooper
30	* ''Film/{{Mank}}'' (2020) as Rita Alexander
31	* ''Film/{{Inheritance}}'' (2020) as Lauren Monroe
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33	!!Tropes in her works:
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35	* BigOlEyebrows: Done in the style of Creator/AudreyHepburn.
36	* TheDanza: In ''Film/TheBlindSide''. Lily Collins as Collins Tuohy.
37	* DawsonCasting: She was 21 years old when she starred in ''Abduction'' and 23 in ''The Mortal Instruments''; in both cases she played teenagers.
38	* RomanceOnTheSet: She dated Creator/TaylorLautner after meeting him on the set of ''{{Film/Abduction}}'', and also her ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' co-star Creator/JamieCampbellBower.
39	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: In ''Film/StuckInLove'', Creator/JenniferConnelly plays her mother. Both have similar features with dark hair, fair skin and prominent eyebrows.

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