United Kingdom, Dec. 17 -- Lily Collins asked for some "grace" when filming the new series of Emily In Paris because she was "very tired" as a new mother.

The 36-year-old actress welcomed daughter Tove - her first child with husband Charlie McDowell - via surrogate in January and later went back to work filming the fifth series of her hit Netflix show and she's now admitted being on set was a "struggle" because of all the sleepless nights.

She told The Sun newspaper: "You have a different purpose [as a mother] and it's really tough ... It's a struggle and I'm just so grateful to be able to do both'.

"I said to everyone this year: 'I'm really good with memorisation, I'm really good with knowing my lines, but this year give me some grace...