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Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (born 5 April 1989), better known by her stage name Lily James, is an English actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following her role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012–2015), her film breakthrough was the title role in Cinderella (2015).

Lily James
James in 2017
Born	Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (1989-04-05) 5 April 1989 (age 33) Esher, Surrey, England
Alma mater	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Relatives	Helen Horton (grandmother)

James went on to portray Countess Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of War & Peace (2016) and Pamela Anderson in the biographical series Pam & Tommy (2022). The latter earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022.[1] She has had starring roles in several films, including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Baby Driver (2017), Darkest Hour (2017), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Yesterday (2019), Rebecca (2020) and The Dig (2021).

Early life

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson [2] was born on 5 April 1989[3] in Esher, Surrey,[2][4] the daughter of Ninette Mantle, an actress, and James "Jamie" Thomson, a musician.[5] She has two brothers, one older and one younger.[2] Her paternal grandmother, Helen Horton, was an American actress.[6] Her maternal grandmother was French, and fled her village near Paris because of the Nazis, later marrying James's grandfather, a minister in the RAF.[7] After finishing her studies at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, James went on to graduate from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.[8] Shortly thereafter, she signed with Tavistock Wood management in London.[9]

Career

Her television credits include Ethel Brown in the 2010 BBC production of Richmal Crompton's Just William, Poppy in the fourth series of ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), and Lady Rose Aldrige in Downton Abbey.[10] Lady Rose became a main character in the fourth and fifth series of the programme.[11] James also appeared as Lady Rose in the series finale.[12]

In 2011, James played Taylor at the Young Vic Theatre in Tanya Ronder's stage adaptation of the novel Vernon God Little directed by Rufus Norris,[13] Nina in Russell Bolam's modern adaptation of The Seagull at Southwark Playhouse, and Desdemona in Daniel Evans' production of Othello at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with Dominic West and Clarke Peters.

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 40th 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."[14] James played the role of Korrina in the Warner Brothers film Wrath of the Titans and starred in Fast Girls, written by Noel Clarke, centred around a group of young female athletes competing in the World Championships.

James played Cinderella in Kenneth Branagh's 2015 live-action Disney film Cinderella.[15] James was photographed by Annie Leibovitz as Cinderella, in the blue gown her character wears to the ball, for the December 2014 issue of Vogue.[16] James also made her singing debut in the film singing "Sing Sweet Nightingale," "Lavender's Blue" and "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from the 1950 animated film in the end credits.

In 2016, she returned to television in the 2016 BBC historical drama series War & Peace, playing Natasha Rostova. She also starred in her second major film, as Elizabeth Bennet in the action-horror film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a parody of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It received mixed reviews and failed to break even at the box office. James played Juliet in the Garrick Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Rob Ashford and actor-director Kenneth Branagh in 2016.

In 2017, she appeared in several major films. She played Debora, the love interest of the main character, Baby, in Edgar Wright's action film Baby Driver. She played Elizabeth Layton, a secretary to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (played by Gary Oldman), in Joe Wright's war drama film Darkest Hour. She also headlined the World War II drama film The Exception, playing a British agent posing as a servant to the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II.

James starred as the younger version of Meryl Streep's character, Donna Sheridan, in the sequel to Mamma Mia!, titled Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. The film was released in July 2018.[17] The same year, James played author Juliet Ashton in the 1940s period drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society who exchanges letters with the residents of Guernsey, an island off the coast of Normandy that was German-occupied during World War II.[18]

In 2019, James starred as Eve Harrington in Ivo van Hove's stage adaptation of All About Eve alongside Gillian Anderson.[19] The play opened on 15 February to positive reviews, running at the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End until 11 May.

In 2020, James played the second Mrs de Winter in an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic romance Rebecca directed by Ben Wheatley and co-starring Armie Hammer.[20] In 2021, she played Peggy Piggott in The Dig, a British film directed by Simon Stone, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by John Preston.[21] In late 2020, she was cast to play Pamela Anderson in the miniseries Pam & Tommy for Hulu.[22]

Personal life

Lily's father, James Thomson, died from cancer in 2008. She took her father's first name as her stage name when she learned there was already an actress named Lily Thomson.[23][24]

She was in a relationship with actor Matt Smith, whom she met while working on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, from 2014 to 2019.[25][26][27]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Chemistry	Ines	Short film
	Wrath of the Titans	Korrina
	Broken	Older Skunk
	Fast Girls	Lisa Temple
2013	The Silent Treatment	The Girl	Short film
2015	Cinderella	Cinderella
	Burnt	Sara
2016	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Elizabeth Bennet
	The Exception	Mieke de Jong
	The Tale of Thomas Burberry	Betty	Short film
2017	Baby Driver	Debora
	Darkest Hour	Elizabeth Layton
2018	Sorry to Bother You	White Detroit (voice)	Cameo
	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Juliet Ashton
	Little Woods	Deb Hale
	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Young Donna Sheridan
2019	One Red Nose Day and a Wedding	Miranda	Short film
	Yesterday	Ellie Appleton
	Rare Beasts	Cressida
2020	Rebecca	Mrs de Winter
2021	The Dig	Peggy Piggott
2022	What's Love Got to Do with It?	Zoe
2023	Providence		Post-production
TBA	Finalmente l'alba	Josephine Esperanto	In production[28]
TBA	The Iron Claw		Filming[29]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Just William	Ethel Brown	4 episodes
2011	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Poppy	8 episodes
2012–2015	Downton Abbey	Lady Rose Aldridge née MacClare	21 episodes
2016	War & Peace	Natasha Rostova	6 episodes
2021	The Pursuit of Love	Linda Radlett	3 episodes and also executive producer
	Beauty and the Beast	Rose	Television pantomime[30]
2022	Pam & Tommy	Pamela Anderson	Miniseries[22]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2011	Vernon God Little	Taylor	Young Vic Theatre
	Othello	Desdemona	Crucible Theatre
2012	The Seagull	Nina	Southwark Playhouse
2016	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	Garrick Theatre
2019	All About Eve	Eve Harrington	Noël Coward Theatre

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	Dorian Television Awards	Best TV Performance	Pam & Tommy	Nominated	[31]
	Gold Derby Television Awards	Best Limited/Movie Actress		Nominated	[32]
	Hollywood Television Critics Association	Best Actress in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie		Nominated	[33]
	International Online Cinema Awards	Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie		Nominated
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Limited or Anthology Series		Nominated	[34]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie		Nominated	[35]

See also

• List of British actors

References

Further reading

• Butlin, James (31 December 2010). "Actresses To Watch In 2011".
• Billington, Michael (8 February 2011). "Vernon God Little – review". TheGuardian.com.

External links

• Lily James at IMDb
• Lily James at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Lily James

Lily James (* 5. April 1989 in Esher, Surrey, eigentlich Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson) ist eine britische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Lily James

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[es] Lily James

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson (Esher, Surrey; 5 de abril de 1989), conocida por su nombre artístico Lily James, es una actriz y modelo británica.[1] Es más conocida por sus papeles como lady Rose MacClare en la serie dramática de época Downton Abbey, como Cenicienta en la película de Disney Cenicienta (2015), Deborah en Baby Driver (2017), como la joven Donna Sheridan en Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018).[2] y como protagonista interpretando a Pamela Anderson en la serie de Hulú Pam & Tommy (2022).

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[ru] Джеймс, Лили

Лили Хлоя Нинетт Томсон (англ. Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson; род. 5 апреля 1989), более известная как Лили Джеймс (англ. Lily James), — британская актриса.

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