Lily James
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1989-04-05 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Esher, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Lily Thomson · Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (14)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Downton Abbey
2010
as Rose MacClare / Lady Rose MacClare
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Poppy
War and Peace
2016
as Natasha Rostova
Pam & Tommy
2022
as Pamela Anderson
The Pursuit of Love
2021
as Linda Radlett
Just William
2010
as Ethel Brown
Movies (39)
Cinderella
2015
as Cinderella
Baby Driver
2017
as Debora
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Korrina
The Iron Claw
2023
as Pam Adkisson
The Angry Birds Movie 3
2026
as (voice)
Darkest Hour
2017
as Elizabeth Layton
Relay
2025
as Sarah
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Young Donna
Yesterday
2019
as Ellie Appleton
Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Elizabeth Bennet
Burnt
2015
as Sara
Rebecca
2020
as Mrs. de Winter
Swiped
2025
as Whitney
Greedy People
2024
as Paige
The Dig
2021
as Peggy Piggott
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Juliet Ashton
The Exception
2017
as Mieke de Jong
Broken
2012
as Older Skunk
Finally Dawn
2024
as Josephine Esperanto
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
as Zoe Stevenson
Subversion
Fast Girls
2012
as Lisa Temple
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as Rose
Cliffhanger
2026
as Naomi Cooper
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
as Miranda
Little Woods
2019
as Deborah Hale
Rare Beasts
2021
as Cressida
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Juliet Capulet
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo
as Nguyen
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
as Eve Harrington
Chemistry
2012
as Ines
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
2016
as Betty
Harmonia
as Leader
Let the Evil Go West
Cowboy Bob
as Peggy Jo
Photo Booth
as Jean Bouchet
Silent Treatment
2013
as The Girl
Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night
2011
as Chloe
About Lily James
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… With 53 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Lily James has appeared in 39 films and 14 TV shows.
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- Cinderella (2015) — as Cinderella
- Baby Driver (2017) — as Debora
- Wrath of the Titans (2012) — as Korrina
- The Iron Claw (2023) — as Pam Adkisson
- The Angry Birds Movie 3 (2026) — as (voice)
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