Astrology Birth Chart of Lily James (TV Actress) 2024
David Wilson
Updated on February 24, 2026
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, 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. Following her role in the period drama series Downton Abbey, her film breakthrough was the title role in Cinderella. James went on to portray Countess Natasha Rostova in the television adaptation of War & Peace and Pamela Anderson in the biographical series Pam & Tommy. She has had starring roles in several films, including Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Baby Driver, Darkest Hour, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Yesterday, Rebecca and The Dig.
In the iconic ITV and PBS television series Downton Abbey, she plays Lady Rose MacClare, and in 2015, she got the lead part in the feature picture Cinderella. She also starred on ITV2's Secret Diary of a Call Girl and BBC1's Just William in many episodes.