Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987) is an English actress and entrepreneur. She began a modelling career as a teenager and was named one of the top 30 models of the 2000s by Vogue Paris in 2009. Cole appeared on the cover of British Vogue at age 16, was named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, and worked with brands such as Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns included Longchamp, Anna Sui, Rimmel, and Cacharel.
Cole's first leading acting role was as Valentina in the 2009 film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Her other film work includes the short Passages, directed by Shekhar Kapur, and There Be Dragons, directed by Roland Joffé. In 2013, she founded impossible.com, a website for hosting wishes and requests for assistance.
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