Lily James is an English actress, who is best known for her role as Lady Rose MacClare in Downton Abbey. She captured attention recently when new pictures surfaced of her lead role as Cinderella, in the upcoming live-action rendition of Disney's Cinderella. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London in 2010 and, soon after, scored her first role as Ethel in the BBC adaptation of Richmal Crompton's Just William stories.