What is Lily James?
{{Infobox person | name = Lily James | image = Lilly James (35036323024).jpg | caption = James in [[Sydney]], 2017 | birth_name = Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|4|5}} | nationality = British | birth_place = [[Esher]], [[Surrey]], England | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}} | years_active = 2010–present | relatives = [[Helen Horton]] (grandmother) }} '''Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson''' (born 5 April 1989), better known as '''Lily James''', is an [[English people|English]] actress and singer. Her acting career started with the TV series ''[[Just William (2010 TV series)|Just William]]'' (2010). Her [[wikt:breakthrough|breakthrough]] role was the [[Cinderella|title role]] in the romance fantasy movie ''[[Cinderella (2015 movie)|Cinderella]]'' (2015). She also acted on television in ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' (2012–2015) and ''[[War & Peace (2016 TV series)|War & Peace]]'' (2016). James has also starred in movies such as ''[[Baby Driver]]'' (2017), ''[[Darkest Hour (movie)|Darkest Hour]]'' (2017), ''[[The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (movie)|The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society]]'' (2018), ''[[Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again]]'' (2018) and ''[[Yesterday (2019 movie)|Yesterday]]'' (2019). James was born in [[Esher]], [[Surrey]]. Her father, James Thomson, died of cancer in 2008. She took her father's given name as her stage name when she learnt of an actress also named Lily Thomson. She has dated actor [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2015/02/11/why-cinderellas-lily-james-wanted-to-play-the-ugly-stepsister/|title='Downton Abbey's' Lily James reveals her real-life Cinderella story|date=11 February 2015|work=[[New York Post]]|author=Wells, Frankie|access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name}} {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Lily}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors fr