Lily James set 'to play younger version of Meryl Streep's character Donna' in upcoming Mamma Mia! sequel
She's making waves in her career and if rumour has it, may just have secured her biggest role to date.
Lily James is set to play the young version of Meryl Streep's character Donna Sheridan in the upcoming sequel to 2008 hit film Mamma Mia! reports Deadline.com
The Cinderella star, 28, is slated to appear in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! which is due to be released on July 20, 2018.
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New direction: Lily James, 28, is set to play the young version of Meryl Streep's character Donna Sheridan (right) in the upcoming sequel to 2008 hit film Mamma Mia! reports Deadline.com
![Next step: The Cinderella star is slated to appear in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! which is due to be released on July 20, 2018](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715232742/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/14/09/4252D9FF00000578-4695892-image-m-27_1500020155679.jpg)
Next step: The Cinderella star is slated to appear in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! which is due to be released on July 20, 2018
The Surrey-born actress will reportedly take on the role as the film jumps back and forth in time to reflect how relationships forged in the past affect the present.
It will be a different acting direction for Lily, who has also starred in summer hit Baby Driver, who will have to brush off her vocal pipes for the upbeat movie musical.
Mail Online has contacted reps for both Lily James and Meryl Streep for comment.
The original film was a mammoth blockbuster hit, grossing more than $600m against a budget of only $52.8m
The musical was set on the Greek island of Kalokairi and featured the songs of Abba.
![Iconic actress: Meryl, 68, played hotelier Donna Sheridan who is preparing for daughter Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) wedding in the original film](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715232742/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/14/09/4252D86100000578-4695892-image-m-28_1500020191714.jpg)
Iconic actress: Meryl, 68, played hotelier Donna Sheridan who is preparing for daughter Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) wedding in the original film
![Movie musical: But unbeknownst to Donna, Sophie invited three men from her mother's past in the hopes of tracking down her real father](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715232742/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/14/09/4252D88400000578-4695892-image-m-29_1500020244735.jpg)
Movie musical: But unbeknownst to Donna, Sophie invited three men from her mother's past in the hopes of tracking down her real father
![Who's the daddy? The trio of possible dads were played by Pierce Brosnan, (pictured above with Meryl) Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715232742/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/14/09/4252D8CF00000578-4695892-image-m-30_1500020276824.jpg)
Who's the daddy? The trio of possible dads were played by Pierce Brosnan, (pictured above with Meryl) Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard
Oscar winner Meryl, 68, played hotelier Donna Sheridan who is preparing for daughter Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) wedding.
But unbeknownst to Donna, Sophie invited three men from her mother's past in the hopes of tracking down her real father.
The trio of possible dads were played by Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard.
![Rising star: Lily, who recently appeared in Jamie Foxx-flick Baby Driver, will also be seen in the upcoming Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour where she will play the Prime Minister's personal secretary Elizabeth Nel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715232742/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/14/09/4252D9DC00000578-4695892-image-m-31_1500020308807.jpg)
Rising star: Lily, who recently appeared in Jamie Foxx-flick Baby Driver, will also be seen in the upcoming Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour where she will play the Prime Minister's personal secretary Elizabeth Nel
Dominic Cooper, who played Sophie's beau Sky, has confirmed he will return along with Brosnan, Streep and Firth.
Abba's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus will also return to provide music and lyrics and to serve as executive producers.
Lily will also be seen in the upcoming Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour where she will play the Prime Minister's personal secretary Elizabeth Nel.
Her career started out with appearances in 2008's Just William and Secret Diary of a Call Girl before her breakthrough role in Downton Abbey as Lady Rose MacClare
![Acting sensation: Lily's career started out with appearances in 2008's Just William and Secret Diary of a Call Girl before her breakthrough role in Downton Abbey as Lady Rose MacClare](http://web.archive.org./web/20170715232742/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/07/14/09/4252D9F700000578-4695892-image-m-32_1500020365129.jpg)
Acting sensation: Lily's career started out with appearances in 2008's Just William and Secret Diary of a Call Girl before her breakthrough role in Downton Abbey as Lady Rose MacClare
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