Emily in Paris star and husband express ‘endless gratitude’ to their surrogate and those ‘who helped us along the way’

Lily Collins, the star of Emily in Paris, has welcomed her first child via surrogacy.

Collins, 35, shared the news on Instagram with her husband, Charlie McDowell, a British-American filmmaker.

“Welcome to the centre of our world Tove Jane McDowell,” the pair wrote.

“Words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate and everyone who helped us along the way.”

The couple’s post includes a picture of their baby daughter wearing a woolly hat, sleeping on blankets in a bassinet with her name on it.

It ended by saying: “We love you to the moon and back again.”

The couple made their announcement a day after Collins posted a tribute to her father, the former Genesis lead singer Phil Collins on his birthday. McDowell is the son of the actors Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen.

“From a west coast star to the West End stage and everywhere in between, I’m so grateful to be by your side and for the support, experiences and love we have and will continue to share,” she wrote on Instagram.

Her post included snaps of the pair together. One shows them together at Collins’ Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony in 1999, when the Netflix star was 10 years old.

Lily Collins was born in Guildford, Surrey and raised in Los Angeles, and began acting in her childhood.

She is best known for her role in the popular Netflix romantic comedy series Emily in Paris, in which she plays the American marketing executive Emily Cooper.

The show centres around Cooper’s love life as she works at a marketing outfit in Paris. In the latest season of the show, which came out last year, Cooper relocates to Rome to open a new office.

The programme is scheduled to return for its fifth series, but the location remains under wraps.

Collins made her stage debut last year at the Duke of York’s theatre in Barcelona. She played a US tourist called Irene who hooks up with a Spaniard called Manuel, played by Álvaro Morte from Netflix’s Money Heist.