Lily Cole

Biography

Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987) is an English actress and entrepreneur.

Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was booked for her first British Vogue cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, and worked with many well-known brands, including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns have included Longchamp, Anna Sui, Rimmel and Cacharel.

Cole's first leading role as an actress was as Valentina in the 2009 film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Her other film work includes Passages, a short directed by Shekhar Kapur and There Be Dragons, directed by Roland Joffé. In 2013 Cole founded impossible.com, a website that hosts wishes and requests for assistance.

Known For

How to Live 2025
Hilma 2022 ★ 5.2
Night Burns Like Cigarettes 2022
London Fields 2018 ★ 5.1
Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017 ★ 6.7
Elizabeth I 2017 ★ 5.0
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 2016 ★ 5.3
Gravy 2015 ★ 5.4
The Messenger 2015 ★ 4.9
Orion 2015 ★ 3.8
The Zero Theorem 2013 ★ 6.1
Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 ★ 6.0
Confession of a Child of the Century 2012 ★ 4.5
There Be Dragons 2011 ★ 5.1
The Moth Diaries 2011 ★ 5.3
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009 ★ 6.4
T Takes: Brooklyn '09 2009
Rage 2009 ★ 3.5
Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS) 2009
St Trinian's 2007 ★ 5.9
Doctor Who 2005 ★ 7.6