Lydia Bee Thompson (born 10 February 1992) is a member of the England Women's Rugby Team having made her debut in 2012.

She played in the opening pool game of the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup but was ruled out of the tournament due to injury, though the team went on to win.

[1] She moved to Rugby sevens in 2018 to play for England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and returned to 15s for the Quilter Internationals in November that year.

Though she missed the 2019 Six Nations championship, Thompson returned to play all England games of the 2019 Super Series, and scored the winning try of the country's Quilter International match against France.

[7] Thompson was awarded an Honorary Master of the University (HonMUniv) in July 2022 in recognition of her outstanding international rugby career Commendation .