Lily Cole

Lily Cole

Known for
Acting
Born
December 27, 1987 (age 38)
Birthplace
Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Biography

Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987) is an English actress and entrepreneur. Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was booked for her first British Vogue cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, and worked with many well-known brands, including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns have included Longchamp, Anna Sui, Rimmel and Cacharel. Cole's first leading role as an actress was as Valentina in the 2009 film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Her other film work includes Passages, a short directed by Shekhar Kapur and There Be Dragons, directed by Roland Joffé. In 2013 Cole founded impossible.com, a website that hosts wishes and requests for assistance.

Known For

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Filmography

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Work No. 2727 poster

Work No. 2727

Movie · as Self

2025
How to Live poster

How to Live

Movie

2022
Hilma poster

Hilma

Movie · as Mathilda

2022
Night Burns Like Cigarettes poster

Night Burns Like Cigarettes

Movie · as Narrator

2018
London Fields poster

London Fields

Movie · as Trish Shirt

2018
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires poster

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

Movie · as Self (Actor and Film Maker)

2018
The Big Narstie Show poster

The Big Narstie Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Movie · as Party Girl Lovey

2017
Elizabeth I poster

Elizabeth I

TV · as Elizabeth I · 3 eps

2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Movie · as Lily Cole

2015
Gravy poster

Gravy

Movie · as Mimi

2015
The Messenger poster

The Messenger

Movie · as Emma

2015
Orion poster

Orion

Movie · as The Virgin

2015
Artsnight

Artsnight

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2013
The Zero Theorem poster

The Zero Theorem

Movie · as Woman in Street Commercial

2013
Are All Men Pedophiles? poster

Are All Men Pedophiles?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Lily Cole's Art Matters

Lily Cole's Art Matters

TV · as Herself · 6 eps

2013
Acting Disruptive poster

Acting Disruptive

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Confession of a Child of the Century poster

Confession of a Child of the Century

Movie · as Elise

2012
Snow White and the Huntsman poster

Snow White and the Huntsman

Movie · as Greta

2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music poster

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

Movie · as Self

2012
London 2012 Olympic Games poster

London 2012 Olympic Games

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
There Be Dragons poster

There Be Dragons

Movie · as Aline

2011
The Moth Diaries poster

The Moth Diaries

Movie · as Ernessa Bloch

2011
OK! TV poster

OK! TV

TV · 1 ep

2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus poster

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Movie · as Valentina

2009
Rage poster

Rage

Movie · as Lettuce Leaf

2009
Passage

Passage

Movie · as Tania

2009
Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS) poster

Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)

Movie · as Lily

2009
The September Issue poster

The September Issue

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2009
Live from Studio Five poster

Live from Studio Five

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
T Takes: Brooklyn '09 poster

T Takes: Brooklyn '09

TV · as Lily · 1 ep

2007
St Trinian's poster

St Trinian's

Movie · as Polly

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Sea Siren · 1 ep