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Lily James

Lily James

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 05, 1989 (36)
Birthplace Esher, Surrey, England, UK
Popularity 4 (history)
Updated Oct 11, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 dra ... ma 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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Filmography

Swiped

Swiped

2025

as Whitney

Relay

Relay

2025

as Sarah

Finally Dawn

Finally Dawn

2024

as Josephine Esperanto

Greedy People

Greedy People

2024

as Paige

The Iron Claw

The Iron Claw

2023

as Pam Adkisson

The Dig

The Dig

2021

as Peggy Piggott

Rare Beasts

Rare Beasts

2021

as Cressida

Rebecca

Rebecca

2020

as Mrs. de Winter

Yesterday

Yesterday

2019

as Ellie Appleton

National Theatre Live: All About Eve

National Theatre Live: All About Eve

2019

as Eve Harrington

Little Woods

Little Woods

2019

as Deborah Hale

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018

as Young Donna Sheridan

Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You

2018

as Detroit's White British Voice (voice)

The Exception

The Exception

2017

as Mieke de Jong

Baby Driver

Baby Driver

2017

as Debora

Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

2017

as Elizabeth Layton

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2016

as Elizabeth Bennet

Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

as Cinderella

Burnt

Burnt

2015

as Sara

Silent Treatment

Silent Treatment

2013

as The Girl

Fast Girls

Fast Girls

2012

as Lisa Temple

Chemistry

Chemistry

2012

as Ines

Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans

2012

as Korrina

Broken

Broken

2012

as Older Skunk

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Swiped

Swiped

2025

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Downton Abbey

as Lady Rose MacClare

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 26, 2010

Downton Abbey

as Rose MacClare

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 26, 2010

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as Poppy

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 27, 2007

Pam & Tommy

as Pamela Anderson

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Feb 02, 2022

War and Peace

as Natasha Rostova

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 03, 2016

Just William

as Ethel Brown

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 28, 2010

The Pursuit of Love

as Linda Radlett

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 09, 2021

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 21, 2014

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 5 46 48 43
2024 6 50 79 31
2024 7 51 71 27
2024 8 45 67 28
2024 9 38 61 26
2024 10 34 63 24
2024 11 34 56 21
2024 12 42 67 27
2025 1 40 62 22
2025 2 23 36 5
2025 3 11 31 1
2025 4 3 3 2
2025 5 5 7 3
2025 6 4 6 3
2025 7 4 6 3
2025 8 3 5 3
2025 9 5 7 2
2025 10 4 5 3

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2024 5 753 594
2024 6 477 63
2025 1 418 25
2025 2 504 108
2025 3 419 362
2025 5 327 60
2025 7 294 62
2025 8 338 51
2025 9 280 35
2025 10 241 13

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