Lily James Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend & More)
Lily James is an English actress. She was born on 5th April 1989 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK. Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson is the birth name of Lily James. She started her career with Just William in the year 2010 which was a British television series.
Later, following this role in Downton Abbey between the years 2012 to 2015 which is a period drama series she got her film breakthrough in the year 2015 acting as Cinderella in the movie Cinderella.
She has also acted in the television adaptation of War & Peace in the year 2016 as Countess Natasha Rostova and also in the biographical series Pam & Tommy during the year 2022 as Pamela Anderson.
She starred in several films which include, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in the year 2016, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society in the year 2018, Darkest Hour in the year 2017, Baby Driver in the year 2017 and more.
Personal Details
| Full Name | Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson |
| Nick Name | Lily James |
| Date of Birth | April 5, 1989 |
| Age | 36 Years as of 2025 |
| Birth Place | Esher, United Kingdom |
| Original Inhabitants | Esher, United Kingdom |
| Mother Tongue | English |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Religion | Christian |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupations | Actress |
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| Net Worth | $8 Million USD as of 2025 |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
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Physical Appearance
| Eye Colour | Light Brown |
| Hair Colour | Brunette |
| Figure | 34-24-35 |
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Personal Life (Family, Friends, Boyfriends, Children)
| Father | Jamie Thomson |
| Mother | Ninette Thomson |
| Sibling | Sam Thomson (brother) |
| Boyfriend/ Husband | Matt Smith (Boyfriend 2014 to 2019) |
Early life, Family and Relationship
Lily James, the English actress was born in Surrey and her father James aka Jamie was a musician whereas her mother Ninette Mantle was an actress.
She has an elder and younger brother which makes her sibling count two. Lily’s paternal grandma was an actress too who was an American and she is Helen Horton.
Her maternal grandmother was of French ancestry and she has fled from her village which was near Paris due to the Nazis and she later married Lily’s grandfather who was a minister in the RAF.
Education
On completing her studies at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and graduating she went to London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the year 2010 and signed up with Tavistock Wood management in London shortly after her graduation.
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Lily James Success and career
Lily James has acted in quite a number of tv series and some of them include her as Ethel Brown in Just William. She was acting as Poppy in the fourth series of ITV’s Secret Diary of a Call Girl in the year 2011. In Downton Abbey as Lady Rose Aldrige.
She was the main character in the fourth and fifth parts of the program. She has also been in the finale of the program and she has also acted in the adaptation of the novel Vernon God Little which was directed by Rufus Norris in the year 2011.
Awards
- In 2014 she won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
- In 2015 she won Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
- In 2023 Satellite Awards for Best Actress in a Miniseries, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Movies and Television Shows List
Film:
| Year | Title | Worked As |
| Upcoming | Subversion | – |
| Upcoming | Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo | – |
| Upcoming | The Angry Birds Movie 3 | – |
| Upcoming | Harmonia | Leader |
| Upcoming | Cliffhanger | Naomi Cooper |
| 2025 | Swiped | Whitney Wolfe Herd |
| 2024 | Relay | Sarah Grant |
| 2024 | Greedy People | Paige Shelley |
| 2023 | The Iron Claw | Pam Adkisson |
| 2023 | Finally Dawn | Josephine Esperanto |
| 2022 | What’s Love Got to Do with It? | Zoe Stevenson |
| 2021 | The Dig | Peggy Piggott |
| 2020 | Rebecca | Mrs. de Winter |
| 2019 | Rare Beasts | Cressida |
| 2019 | Yesterday | Ellie Appleton |
| 2019 | One Red Nose Day and a Wedding | Miranda |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Young Donna Sheridan |
| 2018 | Little Woods | Deb Hale |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Juliet Ashton |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You | White Detroit (voice) |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Elizabeth Layton |
| 2017 | Baby Driver | Debora |
| 2016 | The Tale of Thomas Burberry | Betty |
| 2016 | The Exception | Mieke de Jong |
| 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Elizabeth Bennet |
| 2015 | Burnt | Sara |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Cinderella |
| 2013 | The Silent Treatment | The Girl |
| 2012 | Fast Girls | Lisa Temple |
| 2012 | Broken | Older Skunk |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Korrina |
| 2012 | Chemistry | Ines |
Television:
| Year | Title | Worked As |
| 2022 | Pam & Tommy | Pamela Anderson |
| 2021 | Beauty and the Beast | Rose |
| 2021 | The Pursuit of Love | Linda Radlett |
| 2016 | War & Peace | Natasha Rostova |
| 2012–2015 | Downton Abbey | Lady Rose Aldridge (née MacClare) |
| 2011 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Poppy |
| 2010 | Just William | Ethel Brown |
Lesser Known Facts
- Lily James’s birth name is Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson.
- Lily’s hobbies are traveling, shopping.
- She is a mezzo-soprano.
Lily James Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend & More)
