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Lily James

Actress | * 04/05/1989 (35) | Esher, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 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 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) and 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), and the musicals Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again... ()
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Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. ...

Baby Driver

R

2017 | 3.7/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Crime
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Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father. ...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

PG-13

2018 | 3.6/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a da ...

Cinderella

PG

2015 | 3.4/5 | 1h 45min
Romance / Love, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Drama
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A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty h ...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

PG-13

2016 | 3.1/5 | 1h 48min
Romance / Love, Horror, Comedy, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Lily James

Screen Actors Guild Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
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Movies with Lily James as Actress(31)

2024 Greedy People
as Josephine Esperanto2024 Finally Dawn
as Zoe2023 What's Love Got to Do with It?
as Sarah2023 Relay
as Debora2023 Baby Driver 2
as Peggy Jo2023 Cowboy Bob
2022 The Iron Claw
as Peggy Piggott2021 The Dig
as Cressida2021 Rare Beasts
as Rose2021 Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Mrs. de Winter2020 Rebecca
as Deb2019 Little Woods
as Miranda2019 One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Ellie Appleton2019 Yesterday
as Eve Harrington2019 National Theatre Live: All About Eve
as Young Donna2018 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
as Juliet Ashton2018 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Detroit's White Voice2018 Sorry to Bother You
as Elizabeth Layton2017 Darkest Hour
as Debora2017 Baby Driver
as Mieke de Jong2017 The Exception
as Elizabeth Bennet2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Juliet Capulet2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Sara2015 Burnt
as Cinderella2015 Cinderella
as Lady Rose MacClare2014 Text Santa 2014
as The Girl2013 Silent Treatment
as Older Skunk2012 Broken
as Korrina2012 Wrath of the Titans
as Ines2012 Chemistry
as Lisa Temple2012 Fast Girls

TV Shows/Series with Lily James as Actress(9)

as Pamela Anderson2022 Pam & Tommy
as Linda Radlett2021 The Pursuit of Love
as Natasha Rostova2016 War and Peace
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Ethel Brown2010 Just William
as Rose MacClare2010 Downton Abbey
as Lady Rose MacClare2010 Downton Abbey
as Poppy2007 Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show

TV Shows/Series with Lily James as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2021 The Pursuit of Love

Additional Information

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Full Name: Lily Chloe Ninette James
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 04/05 1989 (April) in Esher, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 35 years + 20 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Prior's Field School
Father: James "Jamie" Thomson
Other names for Lily James (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lily Thomson"
"Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson"
"Лили Джеймс"
"莉莉·詹姆斯"
"リリー・ジェームズ"
"ليلي جيمز"
"릴리 제임스"
"Λίλι Τζέιμς"
"Լիլի Քլոյե Նինետտ"
Lily James frequently works together with these people:
Seth Rogen (6x, Actor)
Edgar Wright (6x, Crew)
Ivana Primorac (6x, Crew)
Emily Mortimer (5x, Actress)
Richard Curtis (5x, Crew)
Jimmy Fallon (5x, Actor)
Eric Fellner (5x, Crew)
Benny Andersson (5x, Actor)
Björn Ulvaeus (5x, Actor)
Tim Bevan (4x, Crew)
Tamara Catlin-Birch (4x, Crew)
Peter Burgis (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:102, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024