Lily Cole
Biography
Lily Cole is an English actress and model who has also worked as an author and entrepreneur. She started in fashion as a teenager, and in 2004 the British Fashion Awards named her Model of the Year; Vogue Paris later placed her in its top 30 models of the 2000s. Her acting debut came as Polly in the comedy St Trinian's (2007), and she took her first leading role as Valentina in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). She went on to appear in There Be Dragons (2011) and The Moth Diaries (2011), and on television in Doctor Who in 2011 and the title role of the 2017 miniseries Elizabeth I. She first acted on stage as Nina in a student staging of The Seagull at Cambridge. Cole founded Impossible.com in 2013 and published Who Cares Wins in 2020, which became a podcast in 2021.
38years old
Turns 39 on December 27in 84 days
- Born Torquay
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Lily Luahana Cole (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 15 years2007 to 2022
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A change of course
At 13, Cole was photographed by Mariano Vivanco in 2001. Her modeling career started in 2003, when Benjamin Hart of Storm Models approached her in the street.
Behind the camera
Cole and Stacey Gregg co-wrote Balls, a 2018 short film produced by Kate Wilson at Fury Films. The film looks at how the Foundling Hospital story connects to Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights.
Behind the camera
Cole started impossible.com in 2013, an innovation group and incubator. It began as a gift economy social network and later became Impossible People.
Lily Cole movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009 Adventure, Fantasy, Mysteryas Valentina
IMDb rating 6.7158K votes
Most often with
Terry Gilliam directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Johnny Depp's page
Johnny Harris's page
Gwendoline Christie's page
All films by Terry Gilliam
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.