Lily James brought Swiped, Rachel Lee Goldenberg's film of the Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, to Curzon Mayfair for its European premiere.
Lily James led the cast of Swiped at its European premiere at Curzon Mayfair on Thursday 11 September 2025. Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s film follows Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of the dating app Bumble.
James was born in Esher, Surrey, in 1989, the daughter of the actress Ninette Mantle and the musician Jamie Thomson. She trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2010.
Lady Rose MacClare in Downton Abbey came early, and the title role in Disney’s Cinderella gave her the breakthrough in 2015. Baby Driver, Darkest Hour and Yesterday followed, and her Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy brought Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.
She plays Wolfe Herd as a recent graduate breaking into a male-dominated technology industry. Wolfe Herd names one dating app, then founds a second and becomes the youngest self-made female billionaire. 20th Century Studios produced the film.
Dan Stevens, Myha’la and Ana Yi Puig joined James and Goldenberg in Mayfair that evening. The film began streaming on Disney+ in Britain on 19 September.