Lily James
Lily James
Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, better known as Lily James, is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Lady Rose Aldridge in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey, and the title role in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth5 April 1989
CityEsher, England
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I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they've changed over the years - how the princesses have become more positive role models right up until 'Frozen.'
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I have an amazing stylist; she's called Rebecca Corbin Murray... I go around to her living room, and it's sort of exploding with dresses, and we go through them all, and she's so good at picking things she knows I'll like, and we work together. She's taught me absolutely everything; she's brilliant.
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I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up.
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God, I used to have really skinny-crap eyebrows. They were such an ugly disaster.
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I admire actresses like Jennifer Lawrence, who says what she thinks.
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I feel like, sometimes, characters that are just good and nice can seem boring or uninteresting.
Growing up, I was always prancing around and singing... and I just never really stopped.
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You have to pretend to be cool, which I never am.
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My dad lived on Sunset Boulevard for a couple of years as a waiter, and he said he'd do a different character every time somebody sat down, just to get some practice.
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No one looks twice at me when they're around, and 'Cinderella' has made no difference. And I know that isn't going to change.
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My dad did every single accent under the sun, and he would read bedtime stories.
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There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
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People talk a lot about, 'You're a Disney princess! You're Cinderella!' and this and that. But for me, it's all about the fact that I worked with Cate Blanchett and was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That's the 'Cinderella' story for me.
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Diet Coke is the only way I get through filming because I get so tired.