Beginning on December 21, Emily in Paris will be back for another season that everyone will no doubt binge, cringe, and then WTF over, and trust: The cast is getting paid a lot for round three. Specifically, leading actress Lily Collins, who is well on her way to being wildly wealthy thanks to that sweet, sweet Netflix money.
Of course, the streaming giant doesn’t exactly announce what they pay talent, but we didn’t train as “professional” “detectives” to *NOT* be able to figure it out, ya know? So on that note, here’s what we’ve discovered about Lily’s Emily in Paris $$$, plus some other juicy info on her net worth. You know, if you consider info on random celebrities’ finances “juicy info,” which I assume you do.
First Up: What Is Lily Collins’s Emily in Paris Salary?
Lily has obviously made most of her money from a super successful career in TV and movies—including notable projects like all 85 million hours of Mank, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (still not over that one), and Les Misérables. But her biggest project to date is Emily in Paris, one of Netflix’s most popular shows. No, really, it was their top comedy series for 2020 and was watched by 58 million people in the first 28 days it was available. That’s just slightly less than other major hits for Netflix, including Bridgerton, which was watched by 82 million households during the same metric of time. Point is: Netflix is making *a ton* of money from Emily in Paris. So, obviously, it stands to reason that they were willing to fork over a slice of that pie to entice the cast to return for season 3, right?
Again, Netflix doesn’t share how much they pay their stars, but it’s pretty easy to speculate about what Lily is making based on what other actors have reportedly earned. Jennifer Lawrence, for example? Got $25 million for her latest Netflix film Don’t Look Up. Meanwhile, Will Smith was reportedly being paid $35 million for Bright 2 prior to it being cancelled mid-development.
Obviously, both of those examples are movies, but Netflix is also known to pay its TV stars well. Like, they reportedly offered Regé-Jean Page $50,000 per episode just to guest star on season 2 of Bridgerton (which he turned down). And we also also know that Stranger Things allegedly pays their supporting actors $250,000 per episode, while leads Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, and David Harbour earn $350,000 per episode. Gonna go ahead and say Emily in Paris isn’t quite Stranger Things–levels of popular, but (!!) all this info has us fairly comfortable assuming Lily is making around $300,000 per episode of Emily in Paris. And if she isn’t, she should be, so get on it Netflix!
P.S. If this is in the correct ballpark, she’d be making about $3 million for a 10-episode season. Not bad!
So, What Is Lily Collins’s Total Net Worth?
That’d be $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Meanwhile, my net worth at age 32 is approximately the $50 I owe my parents at any given time, whoops.
If you’re wondering how Lily’s net worth is so high, keep in mind that she’s been acting forever AND...
She Has a Ton of Cash Tied Up in Real Estate
Back in 2018, Lily sold a condo owned by the Collins family in Hollywood for $2.99 million. Her mother also reportedly transferred a Beverly Hills property to her worth $12.5 million, so yeah...sounds like she has around $14 million tied up in real estate, which, wow.
Side note: Lily has also earned income (of unknown amounts) from several high-profile endorsements and brand deals, including with Cartier:
Plus, She’s Set to Inherit $300 Million With Her Siblings
Lily just happens to be the daughter of Phil Collins, British rock star who gave us “In the Air Tonight.”
And due in large part to every boomer parent being a huge fan, Phil is worth a monumental $300 million, which Lily and her four siblings are presumably set to inherit. Not that she needs it considering her personal net worth is massive!
