Lily Collins is somebody who probably could have made her way through life quite comfortably without ever having to worry about a proper education. With legendary British musician Phil Collins as a father, she could have had anything she ever wanted. What she truly wanted, though, was a career of her own. With that in mind, she enrolled to study broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California. She successfully graduated, despite battling an eating disorder at the time, which she later recounted in her 2017 autobiography 'No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me'.
She persisted with journalism for some time, both as a newspaper columnist and fashion critic, but eventually a combination of her natural beauty and media profile saw her cross over into modeling, and then acting. Don't expect to see her in Hollywood blockbusters, though; she prefers deeper and more complicated roles.