- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 27, 1987
- Place of Birth
- Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Lily Cole
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.
Filmography
movieHow to Live
2025
movieNight Burns Like Cigarettes
2022 · Narrator
movieHilma
2022 · Mathilda
movieEgon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018 · Self (Actor and Film Maker)
movieLondon Fields
2018 · Trish Shirt
movieBalls
2018 · Director, Writer
tvThe Big Narstie Show
2018 · Self - Guest
movieStar Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 · Party Girl Lovey
tvElizabeth I
2017 · Elizabeth I
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Lily Cole
movieGravy
2015 · Mimi
movieOrion
2015
movieThe Messenger
2015 · Emma
Artsnight
tvArtsnight
2015 · Self - Presenter
tvActing Disruptive
2013 · Self
movieThe Zero Theorem
2013 · Woman in Street Commercial
Lily Cole's Art Matters
tvLily Cole's Art Matters
2013 · Herself
movieAre All Men Pedophiles?
2013 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Last Leg
2013 · Self
tvLondon 2012 Olympic Games
2012 · Self
movieConfession of a Child of the Century
2012 · Elise
movieLondon 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012 · Self
movieSnow White and the Huntsman
2012 · Greta
movieThe Moth Diaries
2011 · Ernessa Bloch
movieThere Be Dragons
2011 · Aline
tvOK! TV
2011
moviePirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)
2009 · Lily
movieThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Valentina
movieRage
2009 · Lettuce Leaf
tvLive from Studio Five
2009 · Self
movieThe September Issue
2009 · Self (uncredited)
Passage
moviePassage
2009 · Tania
tvT Takes: Brooklyn '09
2009 · Lily
movieSt Trinian's
2007 · Polly
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Sea Siren
movieWork No. 2727
— · Self