Known For: British actress (born 1989)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: actor, singer
Country: United Kingdom
City: Esher
Date of Birth: Wednesday, 05 April 1989
Language English
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 (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).
| BirthPlace | Esher |
| Education | Q1419737, Q7245400 |
| Awards | Q268200 |
| Wikipedia | Lily_James |
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson was born on 5 April 1989 in Esher, Surrey, the daughter of Ninette Mantle, an actress, and James "Jamie" Thomson, a musician. She has two brothers, one older and one younger. Her paternal grandmother, Helen Horton, was an American actress. Her maternal grandmother was French, and fled her village near Paris because of the Nazis, later marrying James' grandfather, a minister in the Royal Air Force. After finishing her studies at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, James went on to graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in 2010. Shortly thereafter, she signed with Tavistock Wood management in London.
