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Also Known As Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson
Born April 5, 1989 (age 37) • England

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Lily James
Lily James as Lady Rose MacClare in Downton Abbey, wearing a tan cloche hat, a coat with a fur collar, and a patterned dress, standing indoors by a window.
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Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan
British actress
Colin Firth smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette in front of a backdrop with Oscar logos.
Colin Firth
British actor
Helena Bonham Carter wearing a red velvet jacket and red beaded earrings, standing in front of a Save the Children event backdrop.
Helena Bonham Carter
British actress
Carey Mulligan
Carey Mulligan
British actress
British actress Maggie Smith smiling, wearing a light-colored jacket over a dark top, with short gray hair, at an event in 2015.
Maggie Smith
British actress
Gary Oldman wearing glasses and a dark suit with a patterned tie, standing in front of a partial movie poster at the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screening.
Gary Oldman
British actor
Julian Fellowes in a pinstripe suit and tie stands in front of an Oscar statue at the 2009 Governors Awards in Hollywood, California.
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
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Jill Haworth
British-born actress
Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
English film director
Lily Allen poses in a pale yellow lace gown with red lipstick at The Fashion Awards 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Lily Allen
English singer-songwriter and actress
Sir Ian McKellen smiling, wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and patterned scarf at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in London.
Ian McKellen
British actor
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
British actor
Jude Law
Jude Law
English actor
Josh O'Connor as Lawrence Durrell stands in a doorway wearing a brown polka-dot robe and white clothes in a publicity still from The Durrells, season 3, episode 1.
Josh O’Connor
English actor
Davy Jones of The Monkees, wearing a striped sweater and necklace, smiles while standing against a brick wall in London, 1968.
Davy Jones
British singer and actor
Judi Dench wearing a pale, beaded outfit and diamond earrings, smiling slightly at a formal event in 2006.
Judi Dench
British actress
Daniel Craig wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a gray brick wall with partially visible Omega signage.
Daniel Craig
English actor
Vanessa Kirby poses outdoors in profile, wearing a black top with her blonde hair swept back, looking at the camera and smiling slightly.
Vanessa Kirby
British actress
Daniel Radcliffe in a gray suit jacket and black shirt, standing in front of green foliage at the UK special screening of The Lost City in London.
Daniel Radcliffe
British actor
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
British-born actress