Lily James
Year ( s ) Association Category Work Result
2014 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Downton Abbey Won
2015 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Downton Abbey Won
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress : Sci-Fi/Fantasy Cinderella Nominated
2015 Harper 's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards Breakthrough Award Cinderella Won
2016 Kids ' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress Cinderella Nominated
2017 Whatsonstage.com Awards Best Actress in a Play Romeo and Juliet Nominated
2017 Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film War & Peace Nominated
2018 People 's Choice Awards The Female Movie Star of 2018 Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Again Nominated
2018 Harper 's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards Editor 's Choice N/A Won
Awards and nominations
Lily Thomson (born 5 April 1989), known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress and singer. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and began her acting career in the British television series Just William (2010). Following her supporting role in the period drama series Downton Abbey (2012-15), she had her film breakthrough as the title role in the romance fantasy film Cinderella (2015). James went on to play Natasha Rostova in the period television series War & Peace (2016), and took on starring roles in several films, including the action film Baby Driver (2017), the war drama Darkest Hour (2017), the historical romance drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), and the romantic comedy Yesterday (2019).