Lily James

Lily James

Known for
Acting
Born
April 5, 1989 (age 37)
Birthplace
Esher, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 1989), known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She began her career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following a supporting role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–2015), her breakthrough was the title role in the fantasy film Cinderella (2015). James went on to portray Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of War & Peace (2016). She starred in several films, including the action film Baby Driver (2017), the period dramas Darkest Hour (2017), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) and The Dig (2021), the musicals Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and Yesterday (2019), and the sports drama The Iron Claw (2023). Her portrayal of Pamela Anderson in the biographical series Pam & Tommy (2022) earned her nominations for a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lily James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Let the Evil Go West poster

Let the Evil Go West

Movie

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Cowboy Bob poster

Cowboy Bob

Movie · as Peggy Jo

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Photo Booth poster

Photo Booth

Movie · as Jean Bouchet

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Subversion

Subversion

Movie

2027
Cliffhanger poster

Cliffhanger

Movie · as Naomi Cooper

2027
Seasons poster

Seasons

Movie

2026
The Angry Birds Movie 3 poster

The Angry Birds Movie 3

Movie · as (voice)

2026
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo poster

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo

Movie · as Nguyen

2026
The Liberation poster

The Liberation

Movie · as Leader

2025
Relay poster

Relay

Movie · as Sarah

2025
Swiped poster

Swiped

Movie · as Whitney

2024
Greedy People poster

Greedy People

Movie · as Paige

2024
Finally Dawn poster

Finally Dawn

Movie · as Josephine Esperanto

2023
The Iron Claw poster

The Iron Claw

Movie · as Pam

2023
What's Love Got to Do with It? poster

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Movie · as Zoe Stevenson

2022
Pam & Tommy poster

Pam & Tommy

TV · as Pamela Anderson · 8 eps

2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas poster

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Movie · as Rose

2021
Rare Beasts poster

Rare Beasts

Movie · as Cressida

2021
The Dig poster

The Dig

Movie · as Peggy Piggott

2021
The Pursuit of Love poster

The Pursuit of Love

TV · as Linda Radlett · 3 eps

2020
Rebecca poster

Rebecca

Movie · as Mrs. de Winter

2019
Little Woods poster

Little Woods

Movie · as Deborah Hale

2019
Yesterday poster

Yesterday

Movie · as Ellie Appleton

2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding poster

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

Movie · as Miranda

2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve poster

National Theatre Live: All About Eve

Movie · as Eve Harrington

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society poster

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Movie · as Juliet Ashton

2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Movie · as Young Donna

2018
Sorry to Bother You poster

Sorry to Bother You

Movie · as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)

2017
The Exception poster

The Exception

Movie · as Mieke de Jong

2017
Baby Driver poster

Baby Driver

Movie · as Debora

2017
Darkest Hour poster

Darkest Hour

Movie · as Elizabeth Layton

2016
The Tale of Thomas Burberry poster

The Tale of Thomas Burberry

Movie · as Betty

2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies poster

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Movie · as Elizabeth Bennet

2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet poster

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Juliet Capulet

2016
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

TV · as Natasha Rostova · 6 eps

2015
Burnt poster

Burnt

Movie · as Sara

2015
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · as Cinderella

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Silent Treatment poster

Silent Treatment

Movie · as The Girl

2012
Wrath of the Titans poster

Wrath of the Titans

Movie · as Korrina

2012
Broken poster

Broken

Movie · as Older Skunk

2012
Fast Girls poster

Fast Girls

Movie · as Lisa Temple

2012
Chemistry poster

Chemistry

Movie · as Ines

2011
Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night poster

Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night

Movie · as Chloe

2010
Just William poster

Just William

TV · as Ethel Brown · 4 eps

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Lady Rose MacClare · 17 eps

2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl poster

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

TV · as Poppy · 8 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep