Lily Cole

Lily Cole (b. 1987) is a British actress, model, filmmaker and activist. She began acting at the age of six and rose to prominence in the fashion industry as a teenager, becoming one of the most recognisable models of her generation. In 2009, she starred in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and has since worked with directors including Sally Potter, Shekhar Kapur, Roland Joffé, Mary Harron and Rian Johnson. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in History of Art and has also pursued work in film, writing and environmental and social advocacy. In 2013, she co-founded Impossible.com, a technology company dedicated to addressing social and environmental challenges. She is the author of Impossible Utopias (2014).