Who is Lily James?
Lily James 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.
Trivia
- After learning that another actress in the Actors' Equity Association had the name Lily Thomson, she choose the stage surname of James.
- She is a mezzo-soprano.
- Graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in London, England, with a bachelor of arts honors degree in acting in 2010.
- Is a distant relative to her Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) co-star Meryl Streep. Although the two actresses don't share a scene together, James played a younger version of Streep's character.
- She originally auditioned for the role of Anastasia Tremaine, one of the stepsisters, in Cinderella (2015) before being cast in the the title role.