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Lily James

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 27 December 1989), known as Lily James, is an English actress. She played Lady Rose Aldridge in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey and the title role in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella. In 2011, James played Taylor in Vernon God Little at the Young Vic Theatre in Tanya Ronder's stage adaptation of the novel Vernon God Little directed by Rufus Norris, Nina in a modern adaptation of The Seagull at Southwark Playhouse, and Desdemona in Daniel Evans production of Othello at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, alongside Dominic West and Clarke Peters. Quentin Letts wrote in The Daily Mail: "We may have a new star actress on our hands.... She left drama school only last year, yet she practically sweeps all before her as Desdemona in this Othello. Poise, diction, allure – she has them all. ... Her character’s love affair with a much older husband is completely believable". In 2012, James played the role of Katrina in Play House and Marijka in Definitely the Bahamas in a double bill written and directed by Martin Crimp at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London as part of the theatre's fortieth anniversary. Charles Spencer of The Telegraph wrote that "it is performed with a persuasive mixture of mischief and deeper feeling by Obi Abili and Lily James, the latter combining a mixture of neuroticism and glowing sexual allure that proves extraordinarily potent." Also in 2012, James played the role of Korrina in Warner Brothers' Wrath of the Titans and starred in Fast Girls, written by Noel Clarke, centered around a group of young female athletes competing in the World Championships. Her television credits include Ethel Brown in the 2010 BBC production of Richmal Crompton's Just William, Poppy in the fourth season of ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), and the rebellious Lady Rose in the last episode of series three, later becoming a main character in the fourth and fifth seasons of the popular British series Downton Abbey. James played the title character in the 2015 live-action Disney film version of Cinderella. The film was released on 13 March 2015. James, as Cinderella, was photographed by Annie Leibovitz, in the blue gown that she wears to the ball, for the December 2014 issue of Vogue.


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Born:
Apr 5, 1989 In Esher, Surrey, England
Movie/TV Credits:
35
First Appeared:
In the movie Swiped
Latest Project:
Movie Greedy People 2024-08-23
Known For
Poster of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Poster of Just William
Poster of Downton Abbey
Poster of Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Filmography
Movie Swiped Whitney Wolfe Herd 2025
Movie Finally Dawn Josephine Esperanto 2024-02-14
Movie Greedy People Paige 2024-08-23
Movie The Iron Claw Pam Adkisson 2023-12-21
Movie What's Love Got to Do with It? Zoe 2023-01-26
Series Pam & Tommy Pamela Anderson 2022-02-02
Movie Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas Rose 2021-12-19
Movie The Dig Peggy Piggott 2021-01-14
Series The Pursuit of Love Linda Radlett 2021-05-09
Movie Rare Beasts Cressida 2021-05-21
Movie Rebecca Mrs. de Winter 2020-10-16
Movie Yesterday Ellie Appleton 2019-06-26
Movie Little Woods Deborah Hale 2019-04-19
Movie National Theatre Live: All About Eve Eve Harrington 2019-03-11
Movie One Red Nose Day and a Wedding Miranda 2019-03-15
Movie The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Juliet Ashton 2018-04-19
Movie Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Young Donna Sheridan 2018-07-09
Movie Sorry to Bother You Detroit's White British Voice (voice) 2018-07-06
Movie The Exception Mieke de Jong 2017-06-02
Movie Darkest Hour Elizabeth Layton 2017-11-22
Movie Baby Driver Debora 2017-06-28
Movie Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Juliet Capulet 2016-07-07
Series War and Peace Natasha Rostova 2016-01-03
Movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Elizabeth Bennet 2016-02-04
Movie Cinderella Cinderella 2015-03-06
Movie Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Young Naomi 2015-09-18
Movie Burnt Sara 2015-10-02
Movie Silent Treatment The Girl 2013-10-29
Movie Chemistry Ines 2012-03-01
Movie Broken Older Skunk 2012-08-22
Movie Fast Girls Lisa Temple 2012-06-15
Movie Wrath of the Titans Korrina 2012-03-28
Series Downton Abbey Rose MacClare 2010-09-26
Series Just William Ethel Brown 2010-12-28
Series Secret Diary of a Call Girl Poppy 2007-09-27