Miss Showbusiness She might have a famous father but Lily Collins is doing a pretty good job of carving out her own career, and looking after herself… ily Collins was born into showbusiness. The daughter of singing legend Phil Collins, she was always primed for success. Vivacious and sparkling in person, she speaks in an upbeat and confident manner, ever smiling and gracious and even asks if BESTFIT would like a coffee before starting the interview. While the 30-year-old’s ascent into the mainstream hasn’t quite been as accelerated as her father’s was when his Genesis band starting making waves at the end of the 1970s, she is a singer and actress who has considerable clout, and who made a breakthrough last year opposite Zac Efron in the movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil
and Vile, a dark crime thriller that told the story of serial killer Ted Bundy. The film is merely one more creative undertaking for Collins who has also published her first book, Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, which gave way for To The Bone, in which she plays a young woman struggling with anorexia. Certainly, if her career can play out in quite the same length as her father’s, she will be happy. Collins Snr recently reunited with bandmates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks in announcing the band’s first live dates together in 13 years. The actress has always been unapologetically proud of what “dad” has achieved, although piggybacking on success has never been of interest. She wants to carve her own niche… and appears to be doing a pretty good job.
“I am at the stage where lots of opportunities come crashing in at once. That’s no bad thing, but it does put the pressure on selecting the right one”
