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.
Filmography
How to Live
2025
Night Burns Like Cigarettes
2022
as Narrator
Hilma
2022
as Mathilda
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
as Self (Actor and Film Maker)
London Fields
2018
as Trish Shirt
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Party Girl Lovey
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Lily Cole
Gravy
2015
as Mimi
Orion
2015
as The Virgin
The Messenger
2015
as Emma
The Zero Theorem
2013
as Woman in Street Commercial
Are All Men Pedophiles?
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Confession of a Child of the Century
2012
as Elise
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
as Self
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Greta
The Moth Diaries
2011
as Ernessa Bloch
There Be Dragons
2011
as Aline
Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)
2009
as Lily
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Valentina
Rage
2009
as Lettuce Leaf
The September Issue
2009
as Self (uncredited)
- No poster
Passage
2009
as Tania
St Trinian's
2007
as Polly
Work No. 2727
Unreleased
as Self