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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

The View

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

All Movies (40)

• The Angry Birds Movie 32026 · as (voice)
• Cliffhanger2026 · as Naomi Cooper
• Swiped2025 · as Whitney
• Relay2025 · as Sarah
• Greedy People2024 · as Paige
• Finally Dawn2024 · as Josephine Esperanto
• The Iron Claw2023 · as Pam
• What's Love Got to Do with It?2023 · as Zoe Stevenson
• Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas2021 · as Rose
• Rare Beasts2021 · as Cressida
• The Dig2021 · as Peggy Piggott
• Rebecca2020 · as Mrs. de Winter
• Yesterday2019 · as Ellie Appleton
• Little Woods2019 · as Deborah Hale
• One Red Nose Day and a Wedding2019 · as Miranda
• National Theatre Live: All About Eve2019 · as Eve Harrington
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018 · as Young Donna
• Sorry to Bother You2018 · as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
• The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society2018 · as Juliet Ashton
• Darkest Hour2017 · as Elizabeth Layton
• Baby Driver2017 · as Debora
• The Exception2017 · as Mieke de Jong
• The Tale of Thomas Burberry2016 · as Betty
• Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet2016 · as Juliet Capulet
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies2016 · as Elizabeth Bennet
• Burnt2015 · as Sara
• Cinderella2015 · as Cinderella
• Silent Treatment2013 · as The Girl
• Broken2012 · as Older Skunk
• Fast Girls2012 · as Lisa Temple
• Wrath of the Titans2012 · as Korrina
• Chemistry2012 · as Ines
• Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night2011 · as Chloe
• Let the Evil Go West—
• Cowboy Bob— · as Peggy Jo
• Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo— · as Nguyen
• Photo Booth— · as Jean Bouchet
• Harmonia— · as Leader
• Subversion—
• Seasons—

All TV Shows (16)

• Pam & Tommy2022 · as Pamela Anderson
• The Pursuit of Love2021 · as Linda Radlett
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• War and Peace2016 · as Natasha Rostova
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Just William2010 · as Ethel Brown
• Downton Abbey2010 · as Rose MacClare
• Downton Abbey2010 · as Lady Rose MacClare
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl2007 · as Poppy
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self