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Lily Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress and singer. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her acting career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following her supporting role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–15), she had her film breakthrough as the title role in the romance fantasy film Cinderella (2015).
Birth Name
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson
Born
Wednesday, 05 April 1989
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Finally Dawn | Josephine Esperanto | 2024 |
| The Iron Claw | Pam / Pam Adkisson | 2023 |
| What's Love Got to Do with It? | Zoe / Zoe Stevenson | 2023 |
| The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards | Self - Presenter | 2022 |
| Pam & Tommy | Pamela Anderson / Pamela Anderson Lee | 2022 |
| Rare Beasts | Cressida | 2021 |
| The Pursuit of Love | Linda Radlett | 2021 |
| The Dig | Peggy Piggott | 2021 |
| Rebecca | Mrs. de Winter | 2020 |
| Yesterday | Ellie Appleton | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Finally Dawn | Josephine Esperanto | 2024 |
| The Iron Claw | Pam / Pam Adkisson | 2023 |
| What's Love Got to Do with It? | Zoe / Zoe Stevenson | 2023 |
| The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards | Self - Presenter | 2022 |
| Pam & Tommy | Pamela Anderson / Pamela Anderson Lee | 2022 |
| Rare Beasts | Cressida | 2021 |
| The Pursuit of Love | Linda Radlett | 2021 |
| The Dig | Peggy Piggott | 2021 |
| Rebecca | Mrs. de Winter | 2020 |
| Yesterday | Ellie Appleton | 2019 |
| Little Woods | Deb | 2019 |
| All About Eve | Eve Harrington | 2019 |
| Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Young Donna | 2018 |
| Sorry to Bother You | Detroit's White British Voice / Detroit's White British Voice (voice) | 2018 |
| The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Juliet Ashton | 2018 |
| 75th Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2018 |
| Darkest Hour | Elizabeth Layton | 2017 |
| Baby Driver | Debora | 2017 |
| The Exception | Mieke de Jong | 2017 |
| Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet | Juliet Capulet / Juliet | 2016 |
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Elizabeth Bennet | 2016 |
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
| War & Peace | Natasha Rostova | 2016 |
| Burnt | Sara | 2015 |
| Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Cinderella | Cinderella | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self - Interviewee / Interviewer | 2014 |
| The Timey Wimey Show | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
| Silent Treatment | The Girl | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Broken | Older Skunk | 2012 |
| Fast Girls | Lisa Temple | 2012 |
| Wrath of the Titans | Korrina | 2012 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Just William | Ethel Brown | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Downton Abbey | Lady Rose MacClare / Rose MacClare | 2010 |
| Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Poppy | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Self | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Inside Edition | Self | 2003 |
| Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Cinderella | 1975 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
| Wimbledon | Self - Spectator | 1937 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Pursuit of Love | 2021 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
