Daisy Ridley

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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] After an early screening of the film, Brian Viner of the Daily Mail called Ridley the "real star of the show", and that her performance as Rey should "send her career into orbit".[21]

In June 2015, Ridley began filming scenes for Star Wars: Episode VIII, which is planned for release in 2017.[22] In August 2015, it was announced that Ridley would voice the lead role of Taeko in the English dub of the 1991 animated film Only Yesterday, scheduled to be released in 2016.[23]

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[23]
2017 Star Wars: Episode VIII Rey Filming[22][24]

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"[25]
2013 "Crossed Wires"[26] Her[26]

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. ^ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets rave reviews". BBC. 16 December 2015.
  22. ^ a b ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’: Benicio Del Toro Eyed for Villain Role
  23. ^ a b Studio Ghibli's 'Only Yesterday' to Hit Theaters in 2016
  24. ^ Star Wars: Episode VIII will shoot in Ireland this month
  25. ^ 100% Beef Short
  26. ^ a b Crossed Wires Short

External links

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