Lily James
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).
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Credits
- 2024 · Relay as Sarah
- 2024 · Greedy People as Paige
- 2024 · Finally Dawn as Josephine Esperanto
- 2023 · The Iron Claw as Pam Adkisson
- 2023 · What's Love Got to Do with It? as Zoe
- 2022 · Pam & Tommy as Pamela Anderson
- 2021 · Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Rose
- 2021 · Rare Beasts as Cressida
- 2021 · The Pursuit of Love as Linda Radlett
- 2021 · The Dig as Peggy Piggott
- 2020 · Rebecca as Mrs. de Winter
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Yesterday as Ellie Appleton
- 2019 · Little Woods as Deborah Hale
- 2019 · One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Miranda
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: All About Eve as Eve Harrington
- 2018 · Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Young Donna Sheridan
- 2018 · Sorry to Bother You as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
- 2018 · The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Juliet Ashton
- 2017 · Darkest Hour as Elizabeth Layton
- 2017 · Baby Driver as Debora
- 2017 · The Exception as Mieke de Jong
- 2016 · The Tale of Thomas Burberry as Betty
- 2016 · Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet Capulet
- 2016 · Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Elizabeth Bennet
- 2016 · War and Peace as Natasha Rostova
- 2015 · Burnt as Sara
- 2015 · Cinderella as Cinderella
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · Silent Treatment as The Girl
- 2012 · Broken as Older Skunk
- 2012 · Fast Girls as Lisa Temple
- 2012 · Wrath of the Titans as Korrina
- 2012 · Chemistry as Ines
- 2010 · Just William as Ethel Brown
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Rose MacClare
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Lady Rose MacClare
- 2007 · Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Poppy
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Cliffhanger as Naomi Cooper
- Future · Let the Evil Go West as
- Future · Cowboy Bob as Peggy Jo
- Future · Swiped as Whitney Wolfe Herd