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
Known For
How to Live
2025
Night Burns Like Cigarettes
Narrator
2022
Hilma
Mathilda
2022
Richard Quinn A/W21
Herself
2021
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Self (Actor and Film Maker)
2018
London Fields
Trish Shirt
2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Party Girl Lovey
2017
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I · (3 episodes)
2017
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Lily Cole
2016
Gravy
Mimi
2015
Orion
2015
The Messenger
Emma
2015
Artsnight
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
2015
Acting Disruptive
Self · (1 episode)
2013
The Zero Theorem
Woman in Street Commercial
2013
Lily Cole's Art Matters
Herself · (6 episodes)
2013
Are All Men Pedophiles?
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Last Leg
Self · (1 episode)
2013
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self · (1 episode)
2012
Confession of a Child of the Century
Elise
2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
Greta
2012
The Moth Diaries
Ernessa Bloch
2011
There Be Dragons
Aline
2011
OK! TV
(1 episode)
2011
Pirelli Calendar 2010 (South Florida PBS)
Lily
2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Valentina
2009
Rage
Lettuce Leaf
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
2009
The September Issue
Self (uncredited)
2009
Passage
Tania
2009
T Takes: Brooklyn '09
Lily · (1 episode)
2009
St Trinian's
Polly
2007
Work No. 2727
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Doctor Who
Sea Siren · (1 episode)
2005