Lily James
Acting
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
The Oscars
Cinderella
Pam & Tommy
Baby Driver
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
War and Peace
Relay
Swiped
Darkest Hour
Wrath of the Titans
Yesterday
Burnt
The Iron Claw
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Greedy People
Broken
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sorry to Bother You
The Dig
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Rebecca
Finally Dawn
The Exception
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