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Lily Collins Balances New Motherhood With Emily in Paris Return, Honors Phil Collins’ Music

She says becoming a parent changed her approach to work, prompting a request for patience during season five filming.

Overview

  • Collins, 36, said she was very tired on set for season five and asked colleagues for grace as she navigated sleepless nights as a first-time parent.
  • She welcomed daughter Tove Jane with husband Charlie McDowell via surrogacy in January 2025 before returning to shoot in Rome and Paris over the summer.
  • Promoting the new season this week, she told TODAY it is important that her daughter grows up knowing Phil Collins’ voice and music.
  • Coverage revisits earlier speculation about Phil Collins’ health, with his representatives confirming this year that a hospital stay was for knee surgery and not hospice care.
  • Phil Collins remains retired from performing and has discussed lasting health issues, including type 2 diabetes and effects of a 2007 spinal injury.