Lily Collins — actress with roots in the Russian Empire
Lily Collins is a British-American actress and model, the daughter of musician Phil Collins, best known for playing Emily Cooper in the Netflix series Emily in Paris and for her role in the Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. She began her career as a model before transitioning to acting.
Tracing the roots — Russian Empire
Her mother Jill Tavelman has Jewish ancestry that includes a Russian-Jewish grandfather — connecting Lily Collins through her maternal line to the Eastern European Jewish diaspora. This heritage, combined with her British upbringing, gives her an immigrant cultural thread through her mother's family.
Maternal grandfather listed as Russian-Jewish.[web:17]
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Russian Empire. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.