Lily James

18 titles·Since 2007

April 5, 1989 · Esher, Surrey, England, UK

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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lily James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Frequently works with

Himesh Patel

2 titles together

Stellan Skarsgård

2 titles together

Filmography (18)

Swiped

2025 · Whitney

Relay

2025 · Sarah

Greedy People

2024 · Paige

Finally Dawn

2024 · Josephine Esperanto

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023 · Zoe Stevenson

The Dig

2021 · Peggy Piggott

Rebecca

2020 · Mrs. de Winter

Yesterday

2019 · Ellie Appleton

Little Woods

2019 · Deborah Hale

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018 · Young Donna

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

2018 · Juliet Ashton

Darkest Hour

2017 · Elizabeth Layton

Baby Driver

2017 · Debora

The Exception

2017 · Mieke de Jong

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2016 · Elizabeth Bennet

Cinderella

2015 · Cinderella

Fast Girls

2012 · Lisa Temple

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

2007 · Poppy

April 5, 1989 · Esher, Surrey, England, UK

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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lily James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.