LJ
Lily James
Actor, Producer
Born April 5, 1989 (35 years)
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born April 5, 1989), better known by her stage name Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following her role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–2015), her film breakthrough was the title role in Cinderella (2015).
James went on to portray Countess Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of War & Peace (2016) and Pamela Anderson in the biographical series Pam & Tommy (2022). The latter earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022. She has had starring roles in several films, including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Baby Driver (2017), Darkest Hour (2017), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Yesterday (2019), Rebecca (2020) and The Dig (2021).
James went on to portray Countess Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of War & Peace (2016) and Pamela Anderson in the biographical series Pam & Tommy (2022). The latter earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022. She has had starring roles in several films, including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Baby Driver (2017), Darkest Hour (2017), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Yesterday (2019), Rebecca (2020) and The Dig (2021).
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Relay · as Sarah |
| 2024 | Greedy People · as Paige |
| 2023 | The Iron Claw · as Pam Adkisson |
| 2023 | Finally Dawn · as Josephine Esperanto |
| 2022 | What's Love Got to Do with It? · as Zoe |
| 2022 | Pam and Tommy (TV Series) · as Pamela Anderson |
| 2021 | The Pursuit of Love (TV Series) · as Linda Radlett |
| 2021 | The Dig · as Peggy Piggott |
| 2020 | Rebecca · as Mrs. De Winter |
| 2019 | Rare Beasts · as Cressida |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Yesterday · as Ellie Appleton |
| 2019 | All About Eve · as Eve Harrington |
| 2019 | One Red Nose and a Wedding · as Miranda |
| 2018 | Crossing the Line · as Deborah Hale |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again · as Young Donna Sheridan |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Detroit's White British Voice (voice) |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: Waterloo · as Young Donna |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society · as Juliet Ashton |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour · as Elizabeth Layton |
| 2017 | Baby Driver · as Debora |
| 2016 | The Exception · as Mieke De Jong |
| 2016 | Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet · as Juliet Capulet |
| 2016 | The Tale of Thomas Burberry · as Betty |
| 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies · as Elizabeth Bennet |
| 2016 | War & Peace (2016) (TV Series) · as Natasha Rostova |
| 2015 | Burnt · as Sara |
| 2015 | Cinderella · as Cinderella |
| 2014 | Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Interviewer |
| 2014 | Text Santa 2014 · as Lady Rose Macclare |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Silent Treatment · as The Girl |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Fast Girls · as Lisa Temple |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans · as Korrina |
| 2010 | Just William (2010) (TV Series) · as Ethel Brown |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Lady Rose Macclare |
| 2007 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl (TV Series) · as Poppy |