Lily Cole
Born: 1987-12-27 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
2022
- Hilma as Mathilda
- Night Burns Like Cigarettes as Narrator
2018
- The Big Narstie Show as Self - Guest
- London Fields as Trish Shirt
- Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires as Self (Actor and Film Maker)
- Balls ... (Director)
2017
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Party Girl Lovey
- Elizabeth I as Elizabeth I
2016
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Lily Cole
2015
- Artsnight as Self - Presenter
- Gravy as Mimi
- The Messenger as Emma
- Orion
2013
- The Last Leg as Self
- The Zero Theorem as Woman in Street Commercial
- Lily Cole's Art Matters as Herself
- Acting Disruptive as Self
- Are All Men Pedophiles? as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Snow White and the Huntsman as Greta
- London 2012 Olympic Games as Self
- Confession of a Child of the Century as Elise
2011
- OK! TV
- There Be Dragons as Aline
- The Moth Diaries as Ernessa Bloch
2009
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Valentina
- Rage as Lettuce Leaf
- Live from Studio Five as Self
- The September Issue as Self (uncredited)
- T Takes: Brooklyn '09 as Lily
- Passage as Tania
- Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS) as Lily
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- St Trinian's as Polly
2005
- Doctor Who as Sea Siren