At just 34, Lily James continues to surprise. She’s worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, from Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter to Gary Oldman, and worked on some incredible sets, from the period drama series Downton Abbey to big-budget films like Baby Driver (2017) and Rebecca (2020) – not to mention embodying an iconic princess in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Cinderella (2015).
At one point in her career it looked like there was a danger of her being typecast in period roles, and she admits that it bothered her at the time. ‘It’s easy to worry that you’re not doing the right thing, or wish you were doing something different,’ she says. ‘I fall prey to that a lot, like all humans
