Who are Phil Collins' wives? All about musician’s family amid health struggles

Phil Collins is an eight time Grammy winner (Image Via Instagram/@officialphilcollins)
Phil Collins is an eight time Grammy winner (Image Via Instagram/@officialphilcollins)

As per a recent article by USA Today, Grammy Award-winning drummer and singer Phil Collins revealed that his health struggles now require him to be under care 24/7.

The Genesis drummer is continuing to fight complications from his spinal injury in 2007. The complications from his surgery include damage to the vertebrae in his upper neck followed by nerve damage.

Phil Collins is the father of five children, which include three sons and two daughters. He has shared these children with three wives named Andrea Bortorelli, Jill Tavelman, and Orianne Cevey.


About Phil Collins' family

Phil Collins shares five children. Renowned for his successful solo career in music and his time in the English rock band Genesis. Phil shares his adoptive daughter Joely Collins and son Simon with his first wife Andrea Bertorelli, Lily Collins with his second wife, Jill Tavelman and sons Nic and Matthew with Orianne Cavey.

Phil Collins has expressed in interviews that his family has stood by him in the midst of his health struggles. All of his five children have made successful careers for themselves in fields like music, acting and sports.

Joely Collins was born on August 08, 1972. The eldest of all the siblings, she is known for her work in Canadian TV shows Cold Squad and Madison. In addition, she produced the feature film Becoming Redwood in 2012 after starting her own production business, StoryLab Productions, in 2009.

Born on September 14, 1976, in London to parents Phil and Andrea, Simon is the second eldest Collings sibling and an independent musician. On his ninth birthday, Phil Collins got him a drum kit, which sparked his passion for percussion. He grew up with his father's band and went on tour with them.

Born on March 18, 1989 Lily Collins has gained massive fame for her performance in the Netflix hit show Emily in Paris.

Lily has had great success in her acting career, but like Simon, Lily wanted to forge her own route. In November, she told Vogue France, "It was out of the question that people would think that I use a free pass thanks to my name."

Lily appeared on screen for the first time at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. However, she got her breakthrough role in the film The Blind Side.

On April 21, 2001, Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey, the musician's third wife, welcomed Nicholas (also known as Nic) into the world. Nic started playing the drums at the age of two, just like his father and older half-brother.

Growing up, the young artist looked up to Collins, but in 2017, at the age of 17, he performed professionally alongside his father on his first solo tour.

"It's not because he's the boss' son that he's playing the drums, it's because he's good enough," Phil stated at the time on the Australian program The Project.

Nic now plays in his own band, The Effect, which he founded with Steve Maggiora, Emmett Stang, and Trev Lukather, the son of Toto frontman Steve Lukather.

Phil Collins and Orianne had their youngest child, Matthew, in 2005. When Collins told People in February 2016 that he and his third wife had reconciled after their breakup, the couple claimed that their children were "over the moon" about the reunion.

Matthew remains a private person but has been spotted on occasions with his family members.

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Edited by Sroban Ghosh