Lily James

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1989-04-05

Place of Birth

Esher, Surrey, England, UK

Lily James

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.

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Acting History

2026
The Angry Birds Movie 3 as (voice)
2026
Cliffhanger as Naomi Cooper
2025
Swiped as Whitney
2025
Relay as Sarah
2024
Greedy People as Paige
2024
Finally Dawn as Josephine Esperanto
2023
The Iron Claw as Pam Adkisson
2023
What's Love Got to Do with It? as Zoe Stevenson
2022
Pam & Tommy as Pamela Anderson
2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Rose
2021
Rare Beasts as Cressida
2021
The Pursuit of Love as Linda Radlett
2021
The Dig as Peggy Piggott
2020
Rebecca as Mrs. de Winter
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
Yesterday as Ellie Appleton
2019
Little Woods as Deborah Hale
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Miranda
2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve as Eve Harrington
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Young Donna Sheridan
2018
Sorry to Bother You as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Juliet Ashton
2017
Darkest Hour as Elizabeth Layton
2017
Baby Driver as Debora
2017
The Exception as Mieke de Jong
2016
The Tale of Thomas Burberry as Betty
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet Capulet
2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Elizabeth Bennet
2016
War and Peace as Natasha Rostova
2015
Burnt as Sara
2015
Cinderella as Cinderella
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013
Silent Treatment as The Girl
2012
Broken as Older Skunk
2012
Fast Girls as Lisa Temple
2012
Wrath of the Titans as Korrina
2012
Chemistry as Ines
2011
Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night as Chloe
2010
Just William as Ethel Brown
2010
Downton Abbey as Rose MacClare
2010
Downton Abbey as Lady Rose MacClare
2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Poppy
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953
The Oscars as Self
Cowboy Bob as Peggy Jo
Mamma Mia! 3
Let the Evil Go West
Photo Booth as Jean Bouchet
Harmonia as Leader
Subversion
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo