Acting · Torquay, Devon, England, UK · Born December 27, 1987
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.
MovieHow to Live
2025
MovieNight Burns Like Cigarettes
2022
as Narrator
MovieHilma
2022
as Mathilda
MovieEgon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
as Self (Actor and Film Maker)
MovieLondon Fields
2018
as Trish Shirt
TVThe Big Narstie Show
2018
as Self - Guest
MovieStar Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Party Girl Lovey
TVElizabeth I
2017
as Elizabeth I
MovieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Lily Cole
MovieGravy
2015
as Mimi
MovieOrion
2015
MovieThe Messenger
2015
as Emma
Artsnight
2015
as Self - Presenter
TVActing Disruptive
2013
as Self
MovieThe Zero Theorem
2013
as Woman in Street Commercial
Lily Cole's Art Matters
2013
as Herself
MovieAre All Men Pedophiles?
2013
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Last Leg
2013
as Self
TVLondon 2012 Olympic Games
2012
as Self
MovieConfession of a Child of the Century
2012
as Elise
MovieLondon 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
as Self
MovieSnow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Greta
MovieThe Moth Diaries
2011
as Ernessa Bloch
MovieThere Be Dragons
2011
as Aline
TVOK! TV
2011
MoviePirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)
2009
as Lily
MovieThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Valentina
MovieRage
2009
as Lettuce Leaf
TVLive from Studio Five
2009
as Self
MovieThe September Issue
2009
as Self (uncredited)
Passage
2009
as Tania
TVT Takes: Brooklyn '09
2009
as Lily
MovieSt Trinian's
2007
as Polly
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Sea Siren
MovieWork No. 2727
as Self
