Lily James
Born: 1989-04-05 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Cliffhanger as Naomi Cooper
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 as (voice)
2024
- Greedy People as Paige
- Finally Dawn as Josephine Esperanto
2023
- The Iron Claw as Pam Adkisson
- What's Love Got to Do with It? as Zoe Stevenson
2022
- Pam & Tommy as Pamela Anderson
2021
- The Dig as Peggy Piggott
- Rare Beasts as Cressida
- Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Rose
- The Pursuit of Love as Linda Radlett
2020
- Rebecca as Mrs. de Winter
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Little Woods as Deborah Hale
- Yesterday as Ellie Appleton
- One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Miranda
- National Theatre Live: All About Eve as Eve Harrington
2018
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Young Donna Sheridan
- Sorry to Bother You as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Juliet Ashton
2017
- Baby Driver as Debora
- The Exception as Mieke de Jong
- Darkest Hour as Elizabeth Layton
2016
- War and Peace as Natasha Rostova
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Elizabeth Bennet
- Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet Capulet
- The Tale of Thomas Burberry as Betty
2015
- Cinderella as Cinderella
- Burnt as Sara
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2013
- Silent Treatment as The Girl
2012
- Wrath of the Titans as Korrina
- Broken as Older Skunk
- Chemistry as Ines
- Fast Girls as Lisa Temple
2011
- Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night as Chloe
2010
- Downton Abbey as Rose MacClare
- Just William as Ethel Brown
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Poppy
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953
- The Oscars as Self