Lily Cole
Acting • Born 1987-12-27
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.
Filmography
35 credits
St Trinian's
Movie • 2007
Polly
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Movie • 2009
Valentina
Rage
Movie • 2009
Lettuce Leaf
There Be Dragons
Movie • 2011
Aline
The Moth Diaries
Movie • 2011
Ernessa Bloch
Confession of a Child of the Century
Movie • 2012
Elise
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie • 2012
Greta
Gravy
Movie • 2015
Mimi
Hilma
Movie • 2022
Mathilda
Night Burns Like Cigarettes
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Passage
Movie • 2009
Tania
The Messenger
Movie • 2015
Emma
London Fields
Movie • 2018
Trish Shirt
Orion
Movie • 2015
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Movie • 2016
Lily Cole
The Zero Theorem
Movie • 2013
Woman in Street Commercial
Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)
Movie • 2009
Lily
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie • 2017
Party Girl Lovey
Are All Men Pedophiles?
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The September Issue
Movie • 2009
Self (uncredited)
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Movie • 2018
Self (Actor and Film Maker)
How to Live
Movie • 2025
Work No. 2727
Movie
Self
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
OK! TV
TV • 2011
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Sea Siren
Lily Cole's Art Matters
TV • 2013
Herself
Artsnight
TV • 2015
Self - Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Elizabeth I
TV • 2017
Elizabeth I
T Takes: Brooklyn '09
TV • 2009
Lily
Acting Disruptive
TV • 2013
Self
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
London 2012 Olympic Games
TV • 2012
Self
The Big Narstie Show
TV • 2018
Self - Guest