Lily James(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Lily James was born Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson in Esher, Surrey, to Ninette (Mantle), an actress, and Jamie Thomson, an actor and musician. Her grandmother, Helen Horton, was an American actress. She began her education at Arts Educational School in Tring and subsequently went on to study acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 2010.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 5 wins & 17 nominations total
Actress
Producer
Soundtrack
- 2022
- 2019
- 2019
- Diminishing Returns4.0Podcast Series
- performer: "When I Kissed the Teacher", "Waterloo"
- performer: "Waterloo"
- 2018
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon7.1TV Series
- performer: "Part of Your World", "Kiss from a Rose" (uncredited)
- 2018
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again6.6
- performer: "When I Kissed the Teacher", "Waterloo", "Why Did It Have to Be Me?", "I Have a Dream", "Andante, Andante", "The Name of the Game", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Mamma Mia", "My Love, My Life", "Super Trouper"
- 2018
- Cinderella6.9
- performer: "Lavender's Blue", "Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale", "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"
- 2015
- Official site
- Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Born
- Children
- No Children
- ParentsNinette Thomson (Mantle)
- RelativesHelen Horton(Grandparent)
- Other worksPerformed in the West End stage production of "Romeo and Juliet" as Juliet, alongside Richard Madden, Freddie Fox, Derek Jacobi, Meera Syal, Marisa Berenson, Michael Rouse, Ansu Kabia and Sam Val, at the Garrick Theatre.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaAfter learning that another actress in the Actors' Equity Association had the name Lily Thomson, she choose the stage surname of James to honour the memory of her father, James Thomson, who had died a few years earlier.
- QuotesThe first Disney movie I saw, I think, was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). I loved all the Disney princess movies.
- TrademarksThick eyebrows
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