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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).
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Broken
  • Fast Girls
Known For
  • Baby Driver
  • Cinderella
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
  • Yesterday
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  • Darkest Hour
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
  • Pam and Tommy
  • Rebecca
  • The Dig
  • War & Peace (2016)
  • Wrath of the Titans
  • The Exception
  • What's Love Got to Do with It?
  • The Pursuit of Love
  • Fast Girls
  • Crossing the Line
  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
  • Greedy People
  • Broken
  • Finally Dawn
  • Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
  • All About Eve
  • Just William (2010)

Filmography

2024
Relay · as Sarah
2024
Greedy People · as Paige
2023
The Iron Claw · as Pam Adkisson
2023
Finally Dawn · as Josephine Esperanto
2022
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
2019
Yesterday · as Ellie Appleton
2019
All About Eve · as Eve Harrington
2019
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
2018
2017
Darkest Hour · as Elizabeth Layton
2017
Baby Driver · as Debora
2016
The Exception · as Mieke De Jong
2016
2016
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
2013
Silent Treatment · as The Girl
2012
Broken · as Older Skunk
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

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