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Lily James(I)

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Soundtrack
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Lily James at an event for Cinderella (2015)
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Lily James | Career Retrospective
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Lily James was born Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson in Esher, Surrey, to Ninette (Mantle), an actress, and Jamie Thomson, an actor and musician. Her grandmother, Helen Horton, was an American actress. She began her education at Arts Educational School in Tring and subsequently went on to study acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 2010.
BornApril 5, 1989
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BornApril 5, 1989
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 5 wins & 15 nominations total

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Shazad Latif and Lily James in What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Sebastian Stan and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)

Known for

Lily James in Cinderella (2015)
Cinderella
6.9
  • Cinderella
  • 2015
Sam Riley and Lily James in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
5.8
  • Elizabeth Bennet
  • 2016
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Cher, Andy Garcia, Meryl Streep, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Skinner, Jeremy Irvine, Alexa Davies, Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and Josh Dylan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
6.6
  • Young Donna
  • 2018
Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Lily James, and Ansel Elgort in Baby Driver (2017)
Baby Driver
7.6
  • Debora
  • 2017

Credits

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Actress

  • Relay
    • Sarah
    • Pre-production
  • Providence
    • Post-production
  • The Iron Claw
    • Post-production
  • Finalmente l'alba
    • Josephine Esperanto
    • Post-production
  • Emma Thompson, Shabana Azmi, Shazad Latif, Lily James, Asim Chaudhry, and Sajal Ali in What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
    What's Love Got to Do with It?
    • Zoe Stevenson
    • 2022
  • BareFace: A Night of Mistakes
    • Critic
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
    Pam & Tommy
    • Pamela Anderson
    • Pamela Anderson Lee
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Lily James in Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2021)
    Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
    • Rose
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Emily Beecham and Lily James in The Pursuit of Love (2021)
    The Pursuit of Love
    • Linda Radlett
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan in The Dig (2021)
    The Dig
    • Peggy Piggott
    • 2021
  • Armie Hammer and Lily James in Rebecca (2020)
    Rebecca
    • Mrs. de Winter
    • 2020
  • Billie Piper in Rare Beasts (2019)
    Rare Beasts
    • Cressida
    • 2019
  • Himesh Patel and Lily James in Yesterday (2019)
    Yesterday
    • Ellie Appleton
    • 2019
  • Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, and John Hannah in One Red Nose and a Wedding (2019)
    One Red Nose and a Wedding
    • Miranda
    • TV Short
    • 2019
  • Gillian Anderson and Lily James in All About Eve (2019)
    All About Eve
    • Eve Harrington
    • 2019
  • Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Cher, Andy Garcia, Meryl Streep, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Skinner, Jeremy Irvine, Alexa Davies, Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and Josh Dylan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
    • Young Donna
    • 2018
  • Tessa Thompson and Lily James in Little Woods (2018)
    Little Woods
    • Deb
    • 2018
  • Tom Courtenay, Matthew Goode, Michiel Huisman, Penelope Wilton, Glen Powell, Katherine Parkinson, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Lily James in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    • Juliet Ashton
    • 2018
  • LaKeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You (2018)
    Sorry to Bother You
    • Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
    • 2018

Producer

  • Emily Beecham and Lily James in The Pursuit of Love (2021)
    The Pursuit of Love
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021

Soundtrack

  • Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
    Pam & Tommy
    • performer: "Getting to Know You" (uncredited)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Himesh Patel and Lily James in Yesterday (2019)
    Yesterday
    • performer: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
    • 2019
  • Gemma Arterton and Rose Johnson in Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (2019)
    Comic Relief: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
    • performer: "When I Kissed the Teacher"
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Diminishing Returns (2016)
    Diminishing Returns
    • performer: "When I Kissed the Teacher", "Waterloo"
    • performer: "Waterloo"
    • Podcast Series
    • 2018
  • Jimmy Fallon in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
    • performer: "Part of Your World", "Kiss from a Rose" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Cher, Andy Garcia, Meryl Streep, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Skinner, Jeremy Irvine, Alexa Davies, Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and Josh Dylan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
    • performer: "When I Kissed the Teacher", "Waterloo", "Why Did It Have to Be Me?", "I Have a Dream", "Andante, Andante", "The Name of the Game", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Mamma Mia", "My Love, My Life", "Super Trouper"
    • 2018
  • Lily James in Cinderella (2015)
    Cinderella
    • performer: "Lavender's Blue", "Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale", "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"
    • 2015
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Videos81

Who Are This Week's Biggest Names in Comedy?
Full Episode 2:25
Who Are This Week's Biggest Names in Comedy?
Lily James | Career Retrospective
Clip 1:15
Lily James | Career Retrospective
'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' Stars Share Their Favorite Movie Musicals
Clip 1:35
'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' Stars Share Their Favorite Movie Musicals
Baby Driver
Clip 0:45
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
Clip 1:18
Baby Driver
Fast Girls
Clip 1:15
Fast Girls
Fast Girls
Clip 1:13
Fast Girls
Fast Girls
Clip 2:22
Fast Girls
Fast Girls
Clip 1:35
Fast Girls
Fast Girls
Clip 1:53
Fast Girls
The Rise of Lily James
Clip 3:37
The Rise of Lily James
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:35
Official Trailer

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • April 5, 1989
    • Esher, Surrey, England, UK
  • Children
    • No Children
  • Parents
      Ninette Thomson (Mantle)
  • Relatives
      Helen Horton(Grandparent)
  • Other works
    Performed in the West End stage production of "Romeo and Juliet" as Juliet, alongside Richard Madden, Freddie Fox, Derek Jacobi, Meera Syal, Marisa Berenson, Michael Rouse, Ansu Kabia and Sam Val, at the Garrick Theatre.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    After learning that another actress in the Actors' Equity Association had the name Lily Thomson, she choose the stage surname of James to honour the memory of her father, James Thomson, who had died a few years earlier.
  • Quotes
    The first Disney movie I saw, I think, was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). I loved all the Disney princess movies.
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