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). He 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

Baby Driver

as Debora

Cinderella

as Cinderella

Darkest Hour

as Elizabeth Layton

Wrath of the Titans

as Korrina

Yesterday

as Ellie Appleton

Burnt

as Sara

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

as Young Donna Sheridan

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

as Elizabeth Bennet

Sorry to Bother You

as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

as Juliet Ashton