Biography
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 (2...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Angry Birds Movie 3
2027
as (voice)
The third installment in The Angry Birds Movie franchise. Plot TBA.

Relay
2025
as Sarah
Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He ke...

Greedy People
2024
as Paige
The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a ser...

Finally Dawn
2024
as Josephine Esperanto
A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust i...

The Iron Claw
2023
as Pam Adkisson
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s...

What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
as Zoe
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advi...

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as Rose
The world’s funniest and most star-studded pantomime is back! Lily James heads the cast as famous names from theatre, film, comedy and music gather to...

Rare Beasts
2021
as Cressida
Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of he...

The Dig
2021
as Peggy Piggott
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the ec...

Rebecca
2020
as Mrs. de Winter
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Yesterday
2019
as Ellie Appleton
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was ...

Little Woods
2019
as Deborah Hale
For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the a...

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
as Miranda
You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after...

National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
as Eve Harrington
The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, be...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Young Donna Sheridan
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each ...

Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him i...

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Juliet Ashton
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when sh...

Darkest Hour
2017
as Elizabeth Layton
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it c...

Baby Driver
2017
as Debora
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

The Exception
2017
as Mieke de Jong
Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion...

The Tale of Thomas Burberry
2016
as Betty
160 years in the making, a story inspired by the pioneering discoveries of our founder, reimagining key events that have shaped Burberry's history.

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Juliet Capulet
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Elizabeth Bennet
A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from differen...

Burnt
2015
as Sara
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearh...

Cinderella
2015
as Cinderella
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, ...

Silent Treatment
2013
as The Girl
In a bleak, stagnant waiting area, where time stands still and odd characters sink with gloom, two strangers are compelled to connect.

Broken
2012
as Older Skunk
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

Fast Girls
2012
as Lisa Temple
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Korrina
Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control ...

Chemistry
2012
as Ines
Johann, a brilliant young scientist, conspires with his friend Eric to perform a dangerous chemical experiment with an exhilarating goal: the secret o...

Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night
2011
as Chloe
Will can't believe his luck when Chloe returns home with him after a hot date, but everything cools down when he discovers her hidden passion.
Swiped
N/A
as Whitney Wolfe Herd
The story of Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and former CEO of online dating platform Bumble.

Let the Evil Go West
N/A
A railroad worker stumbles upon a fortune under deeply disturbing circumstances. As horrifying visions and manifestations drive him towards madness, h...

Cowboy Bob
N/A
as Peggy Jo
In the early 1990s, Peggy Jo Tallas began a spate of bank robberies throughout Texas. She committed the crimes dressed as a man and the FBI had no ide...

Cliffhanger
N/A
as Naomi Cooper
During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper and his daughter Sydney are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray’s ot...

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo
N/A
A corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent arrives in Tokyo to investiga...
Photo Booth
N/A
as Jean Bouchet
Jean Bouchet has prioritized her career over having children. Her marriage begins to show strain and the situation becomes complicated when her husban...

Harmonia
N/A
Set in the 1980s, Rita is entranced by the mesmeric leader and renounces her family to embrace the world of the enigmatic Harmonia commune. Her daught...
Swiped
N/A
Producer
The story of Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and former CEO of online dating platform Bumble.
Photo Booth
N/A
Producer
Jean Bouchet has prioritized her career over having children. Her marriage begins to show strain and the situation becomes complicated when her husban...