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Daisy Ridley

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is an English actress. Ridley was born in Westminster, London. Her great-uncle was actor and playwright Arnold Ridley, of Dad's Army fame. She attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, graduating in 2010 at the age of 18. Ridley has appeared in the television programmes Youngers, Silent Witness, Mr Selfridge and Casualty. She also appeared in the short film Blue Season, which was entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge. She played the lead in film three of Lifesaver, an interactive film which was nominated for a BAFTA British Academy Award. She has also appeared in the music video for Wiley's song "Lights On". In April 2014, it was announced that she will play Rey, one of the lead characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She was chosen for the film in February 2014. The casting of Ridley has generally been seen as a deliberate move from director J. J. Abrams, as he wishes to repeat the casting of relatively unknown actors for the lead roles like George Lucas did with the first Star Wars film in 1977. After receiving several competing offers, Ridley switched from her original talent agency Jonathan Arun to the United Talent Agency in August 2014. Following a two-month stint with UTA, Ridley signed on with the Creative Artists Agency in October 2014.


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Born:
Apr 10, 1992 In Westminster, London, England
Movie/TV Credits:
29
First Appeared:
In the series Silent Witness 1996-02-21
Latest Project:
Movie Cleaner 2025-02-21
Known For
Poster of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Poster of The Eagle Huntress
Poster of Crossed Wires
Filmography
Movie Cleaner Joey Locke 2025-02-21
Movie Sometimes I Think About Dying Fran 2024-01-10
Movie Young Woman and the Sea Trudy Ederle 2024-05-31
Movie Magpie Annette 2024-10-25
Movie The Inventor Princess Marguerite (voice) 2023-09-15
Movie The Marsh King's Daughter Helena 2023-09-28
Movie The Bubble Kate 2022-03-25
Movie Chaos Walking Viola Eade 2021-02-24
Movie Polycephaly in D (archive footage) 2021-09-10
Movie The Skywalker Legacy Self 2020-03-18
Movie Asteroid Hunters Narrator (voice) 2020-04-17
Movie Ophelia Ophelia 2019-06-28
Movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rey 2019-12-18
Movie Peter Rabbit Cottontail Rabbit (voice) 2018-02-07
Movie Balance of the Force Self 2018-03-12
Movie The Director and the Jedi Self 2018-03-12
Series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Rey 2017-07-03
Movie Murder on the Orient Express Miss Mary Debenham 2017-11-03
Movie Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! Self (archive footage) 2017-11-22
Movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi Rey 2017-12-13
Movie Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey Self 2016-04-16
Movie The Eagle Huntress Narrator (voice) 2016-11-02
Movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey 2015-12-15
Movie Scrawl Hannah 2015-10-17
Movie Star Wars: Greatest Moments Self 2015-12-26
Movie Blue Season Sarah Becker 2013-04-14
Series Toast of London Unknown 2013-10-20
Movie Crossed Wires Her 2013-11-03
Series Silent Witness Hannah Kennedy 1996-02-21