
Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Actor Awards
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film · 2023 · nominated
Filmography36 titles

Downton Abbey

War & Peace

The Iron Claw

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Darkest Hour

Baby Driver

Pam & Tommy

The Graham Norton Show

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Relay

The Exception

Broken

The Dig

Sorry to Bother You

Cinderella

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

The Pursuit of Love

Yesterday

Just William

Swiped

Burnt

Greedy People

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Rebecca

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Finally Dawn

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Fast Girls

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Wrath of the Titans

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Rare Beasts

Little Woods

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The View

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors