Lily Cole

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.

Known For

Doctor Who

The Graham Norton Show

The Last Leg

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

OK! TV

Snow White and the Huntsman

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Big Narstie Show

All Movies (24)

• How to Live2025
• Night Burns Like Cigarettes2022 · as Narrator
• Hilma2022 · as Mathilda
• Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires2018 · as Self (Actor and Film Maker)
• London Fields2018 · as Trish Shirt
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · as Party Girl Lovey
• Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie2016 · as Lily Cole
• Gravy2015 · as Mimi
• Orion2015
• The Messenger2015 · as Emma
• The Zero Theorem2013 · as Woman in Street Commercial
• Are All Men Pedophiles?2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Confession of a Child of the Century2012 · as Elise
• London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music2012 · as Self
• Snow White and the Huntsman2012 · as Greta
• The Moth Diaries2011 · as Ernessa Bloch
• There Be Dragons2011 · as Aline
• Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)2009 · as Lily
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009 · as Valentina
• Rage2009 · as Lettuce Leaf
• The September Issue2009 · as Self (uncredited)
• Passage2009 · as Tania
• St Trinian's2007 · as Polly
• Work No. 2727— · as Self

All TV Shows (12)

• The Big Narstie Show2018 · as Self - Guest
• Elizabeth I2017 · as Elizabeth I
• Artsnight2015 · as Self - Presenter
• Acting Disruptive2013 · as Self
• Lily Cole's Art Matters2013 · as Herself
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• London 2012 Olympic Games2012 · as Self
• OK! TV2011
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• T Takes: Brooklyn '092009 · as Lily
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Doctor Who2005 · as Sea Siren