Lily Cole

What draws me to Lily Cole is her refusal to be boxed in. She could have coasted on being one of the defining models of the 2000s, but instead she pivoted into acting, the stage, writing, and entrepreneurship, all while studying at Cambridge. I find that combination of striking presence and genuine intellectual curiosity rare and admirable. There is something quietly determined about her, a sense that beauty was only ever a starting point rather than a destination. I respect figures who keep reinventing themselves on their own terms, and Cole strikes me as exactly that kind of restless, thoughtful talent.

Name (English)

Lily Cole

Name (Japanese)

リリー・コール

Reading

りりー・こーる

Born

December 27, 1987 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

Origin

Torquay, United Kingdom

Height

179 cm

Occupation

actor / model / stage actor / film actor / entrepreneur

University

King's College

• Official sitehttps://www.lilycole.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lilycole/
• Xhttps://x.com/lilycole
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily%20Cole
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235455

Tags

• actor
• model
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.