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