Lily James

About

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...

Known for

Downton AbbeySeries • 2010CinderellaMovie • 2015Baby DriverMovie • 2017War and PeaceSeries • 2016The Iron ClawMovie • 2023Pam & TommySeries • 2022Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainMovie • 2018Secret Diary of a Call GirlSeries • 2007Darkest HourMovie • 2017Wrath of the TitansMovie • 2012The Angry Birds Movie 3Movie • 2026YesterdayMovie • 2019Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesMovie • 2016Sorry to Bother YouMovie • 2018RelayMovie • 2025Greedy PeopleMovie • 2024The DigMovie • 2021BurntMovie • 2015The ExceptionMovie • 2017The Pursuit of LoveSeries • 2021The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyMovie • 2018What's Love Got to Do with It?Movie • 2023SwipedMovie • 2025RebeccaMovie • 2020