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Lily James

Actor

Lily James

Born April 5, 1989 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK40 films

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).

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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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Baby Driver posterFirst watchBaby Driver20177.4as DeboraAfter being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.View film

Essential films

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Darkest Hour poster7.4Darkest Hour2017Cinderella poster6.8Cinderella2015Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again poster7.1Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again2018Yesterday poster6.7Yesterday2019The Iron Claw poster7.5The Iron Claw2023The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society poster7.4The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society2018Burnt poster6.5Burnt2015Sorry to Bother You poster6.8Sorry to Bother You2018

Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. TBALet the Evil Go West
  2. TBACowboy BobPeggy Jo
  3. TBAPhoto BoothJean Bouchet
  4. TBASubversion
  5. 2027Seasons
  6. 2027CliffhangerNaomi Cooper
  7. 2027The LiberationLeader
  8. 2026The Angry Birds Movie 3(voice)
  9. 2026Bad Lieutenant: TokyoNguyen
  10. 2025SwipedWhitney
  11. 2025RelaySarah
  12. 2024Greedy PeoplePaige
  13. 2024Finally DawnJosephine Esperanto
  14. 2023The Iron ClawPam
  15. 2023What's Love Got to Do with It?Zoe Stevenson
  16. 2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasRose
  17. 2021Rare BeastsCressida
  18. 2021The DigPeggy Piggott
  19. 2020RebeccaMrs. de Winter
  20. 2019YesterdayEllie Appleton
  21. 2019Little WoodsDeborah Hale
  22. 2019One Red Nose Day and a WeddingMiranda
  23. 2019National Theatre Live: All About EveEve Harrington
  24. 2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainYoung Donna
  25. 2018Sorry to Bother YouDetroit's White British Voice (voice)
  26. 2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyJuliet Ashton
  27. 2017Darkest HourElizabeth Layton
  28. 2017Baby DriverDebora
  29. 2017The ExceptionMieke de Jong
  30. 2016The Tale of Thomas BurberryBetty
  31. 2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietJuliet Capulet
  32. 2016Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesElizabeth Bennet
  33. 2015BurntSara
  34. 2015CinderellaCinderella
  35. 2013Silent TreatmentThe Girl
  36. 2012BrokenOlder Skunk
  37. 2012Fast GirlsLisa Temple
  38. 2012Wrath of the TitansKorrina
  39. 2012ChemistryInes
  40. 2011Chloe and Will's Hot Date NightChloe