James played the title role in Seth Grahame-Smith’s parody Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a novel that was published in 2009 and was adapted into a movie in 2016.
In contrast to Sam Riley’s portrayal of Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy, James played Elizabeth Bennet.
In the 2017 action picture Baby Driver, about a getaway driver, James co-starred with Ansel Elgort.
The movie received positive reviews and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Edgar Wright, a writer and filmmaker, revealed in November 2021 that he has developed a script for a follow-up movie.
What is Lily James most famous for?
Although Downton Abbey brought James fame, her breakthrough performance as the titular Disney princess in the live-action Cinderella came in 2015.
Why is her name Lily James?
To begin with, Lily James isn’t her real name. The actress, whose real name was Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, changed it in honor of her late actor father James Thomson, who passed away from cancer in 2008.