At the 2019 Met Gala, Lily Collins and Joan Collins gave looks, but their united photo drew the most attention. Are they related?
Two of the night’s best-dressed ladies were the centre of attraction of campy winter royalty when they got together.
Lily Collins is an actress born in the United Kingdom and raised in the United States. Her first role was in the BBC program Growing Pains when she was two years old.
At the 2019 Met Gala, Dame Joan Collins created her evil look from Dynasty. She looked stunning in every photo taken that night, including one with Lily Collins, who wore a campy combination inspired by Priscilla Presley’s wedding gown to Elvis Presley.
Given how camp-fab these two looks were, it’s difficult not to wonder if the two fabulous Collins ladies are related. The only thing in common is their last name and confident demeanour.
Although Lily is linked to another famous Collins, Lily and Joan have no family connection.
Joan is not Lily’s mother or stepmother, and Phil Collins had no relationship with her.
On May 23, 1933, Joan was born in London to dancer Elsa Bessant and talent agent William Collins. The Beatles, Shirley Bassey, and Tom Jones were her father’s clients.
Jackie Collins, Joan’s sister, was a New York Times best-selling novelist. In 2015, she died of breast cancer. Tracy, Tiffany, and Rory, Jackie’s three daughters, outlive her. Joan’s brother, Bill, works as a real estate agent, and little is known about his family.
Joan and Lily Collins’ families do not appear to be related. As a result, we can rest the rumours that they are related.
Lilly Collins Family Heritage & Ancestry Explored
Lilly Collin’s maternal grandfather was a Jewish immigrant from Canada who had a men’s clothing company in Beverly Hills for many years.
Collins has two younger half-brothers from her father’s third marriage and is the half-sister of musician Simon Collins and actress Joely Collins from her father’s first marriage. Clive Collins, a cartoonist, is her uncle.
Meet Lilly Collins Parents
Lily Collins was born in London, England, on March 18, 1989, to British musician Phil Collins and his American second wife, Jill Tavelman.
Lily relocated to Los Angeles with her mother when her parents divorced when she was seven years old.
From his first marriage to Andrea Bertorelli, Lily’s father had a son, musician Simon Collins. He also adopted actress Joely Collins, Bertorelli’s daughter, from a previous relationship. Phil Collins has two kids from his third marriage to Orianne Cevey, Nicholas and Matthew.
Joan’s five marriages resulted in three children: Tara and Alexander with singer Anthony Newley and Katyana with businessman Ron Kass.