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My Take
Lily James interests me because her range hides in plain sight. The same actress who embodied storybook grace in Cinderella and period poise in Downton Abbey slipped convincingly into the getaway-car world of Baby Driver and belted her way through Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. I think people mistake her warmth for safeness; to me it is a precision instrument, the thing that lets her play wildly different women without losing the audience's trust. Now that she is producing as well, I sense an ambition to steer her own material. She strikes me as a star still several surprises away from her peak.
Overview
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 and 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lily James
- Name (Japanese)
- リリー・ジェームズ
- Reading
- りりー・じぇーむず
- Born
- April 5, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Snake
- Origin
- Esher, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / executive producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Actor Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Downton Abbey | — | |
| Notable work | Cinderella | — | |
| Notable work | Baby Driver | — | |
| Notable work | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | — | |
| Notable work | Swiped | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.