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Daisy Ridley
Ridley at San Diego Comic-Con 2015
Born
Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley[1]

(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
RelativesArnold Ridley (great-uncle)

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992)[2] is an English actress. She appears in the lead role of Rey in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Early life

Ridley was born in Westminster, London. Her great-uncle was actor and playwright Arnold Ridley, of Dad's Army fame.[3] She attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, graduating in 2010.[4][5]

Career

Ridley has appeared in the television programmes Youngers, Silent Witness, Mr Selfridge and Casualty.[6][7][8][9] She also appeared in the short film "Blue Season," which was entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge.[10] She played the lead in film three of "Lifesaver,"[11] an interactive film which was nominated for a BAFTA British Academy Award.[12] She has also appeared in the music video for Wiley's song "Lights On".[4][13]

In April 2014, it was announced that she would play Rey, one of the lead characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[6][7][8][14][15] She was chosen for the film in February 2014.[16] The casting of Ridley has generally been seen as a move by director J. J. Abrams to repeat the casting of relatively unknown actors for the lead roles as George Lucas did with the first Star Wars film in 1977.[17] At the time of her casting she was, according to Rolling Stone, a "total unknown,"[18] and according to Inc., had no IMDB bio, no Wikipedia article, and just a few hundred Twitter followers.[19] In October 2015, Ridley appeared at the launch of a set of Star Wars postage stamps issued by the UK postal service Royal Mail, with Ridley's character Rey featuring in a stamp along with her droid companion BB-8.[20] June 2015 Variety Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Alicia Deleted scenes
2015 Scrawl Hannah
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey Completed
2016 Only Yesterday Taeko Okajima (voice) English dub[21]
2017 Star Wars: Episode VIII Rey Filming[22][23]

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 Self Segment: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Screen Tests"

Short films

Year Title Role Notes
2013 "Lifesaver" Jo
2013 "Blue Season" Sarah
2013 "100% BEEF"[24]
2013 "Crossed Wires"[25] Her[25]

Music videos

Year Artist Title Role
2013 Wiley "Lights On" Kim

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Rey (voice) Star Wars: The Force Awakens playset

References

  1. ^ "Daisy Jazz I Ridley". FamilySearch. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ Goodwin, Jess (7 January 2015). "Daisy Ridley: 7 Things You Might Not Know About The 'Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens' Actress". Fashion & Style. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ Breznican, Anthony (25 April 2015). "Star Wars: The Force Awakens: As Rey emerges, so does newcomer Daisy Ridley". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b Watts, Halina; McPhee, Rod (1 May 2014). "Star Wars' new star Daisy Ridley: Dad praises "extraordinary" daughter after she lands Episode VII leading role". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ^ Cable, Simon; Boshoff, Alison (1 May 2014). "'She is an amazing and very inspiring person': Daisy Ridley's family celebrate her leading role in the new Star Wars movie". Daily Mail. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b Barbuti, Angela (29 April 2014). "Daisy Ridley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. ^ a b Jacobs, Matthew (29 April 2014). "Meet Daisy Ridley, The 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Cast Member You've Never Heard Of". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  8. ^ a b Sullivan, Kevin P. (29 April 2014). "Who Is Daisy Ridley? Meet The New 'Star Wars' Leading Lady". MTV. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  9. ^ McDonnell, Brandy (4 May 2014). "Video Spotlight: Happy Star Wars Day! Let's take a closer look at the cast for 'Episode VII'". NewsOK. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  10. ^ Jacobs, Matthew (30 April 2014). "Watch 'Star Wars' Actress Daisy Ridley In Haunting Short Film 'Blue Season'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Credits". Lifesaver. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Children's Interactive in 2013". BAFTA. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Daisy Ridley la estrella desconocida de Star Wars". El Informador (in Spanish). 29 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  14. ^ Truitt, Brian (29 April 2014). "'Star Wars' past and present mix for 'Episode VII'". USA Today. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  15. ^ Selby, Jenn (30 April 2014). "Who is Daisy Ridley? Star Wars 7 unknown becomes overnight internet sensation". The Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  16. ^ Kit, Borys (30 April 2014). "How 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams Kept the Cast Secret". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  17. ^ Dassanayake, Dion (30 March 2014). "Star Wars Episode VII: JJ Abrams looking at 'cast of unknown actors' like original trilogy". Daily Express. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  18. ^ Brian Hiatt (2 December 2015). "'Star Wars' Strikes Back: Behind the Scenes of the Biggest Movie of the Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  19. ^ Joseph Steinberg (11 December 2015). "11 Powerful Life Lessons From the Making of Star Wars". Inc. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  20. ^ "Star Wars stamps issued to mark The Force Awakens". BBC. 24 October 2015.
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference Only Yesterday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’: Benicio Del Toro Eyed for Villain Role
  23. ^ Star Wars: Episode VIII will shoot in Ireland this month
  24. ^ 100% Beef Short
  25. ^ a b Crossed Wires Short
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