Daisy Ridley

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is a British actress. She is best known for playing Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). She also appeared in Casulty and Silent Witness.

Daisy Ridley
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Ridley at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con.
Born
Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley

10 April 1992 (aged 34)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Ridley was born in Westminster, London. Her mother(Louise Fawkner-Corbett)is a corporate executive,her father (Chris) is a photographer and a British film distributor and investor. Her great-uncle was Dad's Army actor Arnold Ridley.

In 2010, at the age of 18, she graduated from the Tring Park Academy for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire. She studied Classics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and later went to the United States to film a Star Wars movie.

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Lifesaver Jo
2013 Blue Season Sarah
2013 100% BEEF Girl
2013 Crossed Wires Her
2014 Under Waitress
2015 Scrawl Hannah
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey
2016 Only Yesterday Taeko Okajima (voice)
2016 The Eagle Huntress Narrator
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Mary Debenham
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Rey
2018 Peter Rabbit Cottontail (voice)
2018 Ophelia Ophelia
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rey
2021 Chaos Walking Viola Eade

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Casualty Fran Bedingfield Episode: "And the Walls Come Tumbling Down"
2013 Youngers Jessie Episode: "A to B and the Apology"
2013 Toast of London Charlotte Episode: "Vanity Project"
2014 Silent Witness Hannah Kennedy 2 episodes
2014 Mr Selfridge Roxy Starlet Episode: "2.8"
2015 Saturday Night Live Herself Segment: "Star Wars Auditions"
2017 Star Wars Forces of Destiny Rey Voice; 3 episodes

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