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Lily James
Lily James’s screen credits include Debora in Baby Driver, Elizabeth Layton in Darkest Hour, and Cinderella in Cinderella.
Born April 5, 1989 Esher, Surrey, England, UK7 movies on MoviHero
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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 her nominations for a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lily James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2027CliffhangerAction · AdventureNaomi CooperUpcoming
- 2027The Liberation2h 4m · Drama · ThrillerLeaderUpcoming
- 2026The Angry Birds Movie 31h 36m · Animation · Comedy(voice)Upcoming
- 2026Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo1h 48m · Action · CrimeNguyen
- 2017Darkest Hour2h 5m · Drama · HistoryElizabeth Layton
- 2017Baby Driver1h 53m · Action · CrimeDebora
- 2015Cinderella1h 45m · Drama · FamilyCinderella
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- 2027SeasonsActorUpcoming
- 2025SwipedProducer · Whitney
- 2025RelaySarah
- 2024Greedy PeoplePaige
- 2024Finally DawnJosephine Esperanto
- 2023The Iron ClawPam
- 2023What's Love Got to Do with It?Zoe Stevenson
- 2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasRose
- 2021Rare BeastsCressida
- 2021The DigPeggy Piggott
- 2020RebeccaMrs. de Winter
- 2019YesterdayEllie Appleton
- 2019Little WoodsDeborah Hale
- 2019One Red Nose Day and a WeddingMiranda
- 2019National Theatre Live: All About EveEve Harrington
- 2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainYoung Donna
- 2018Sorry to Bother YouDetroit's White British Voice (voice)
- 2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyJuliet Ashton
- 2017The ExceptionMieke de Jong
- 2016The Tale of Thomas BurberryBetty
- 2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietJuliet Capulet
- 2016Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesElizabeth Bennet
- 2015BurntSara
- 2013Silent TreatmentThe Girl
- 2012BrokenOlder Skunk
- 2012Fast GirlsLisa Temple
- 2012Wrath of the TitansKorrina
- 2012ChemistryInes
- 2011Chloe and Will's Hot Date NightChloe
- Cowboy BobPeggy Jo
- Let the Evil Go WestActor
- Photo BoothProducer · Jean Bouchet
- SubversionActor
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The Liberation
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Baby Driver
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Aline Brosh McKenna
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