Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley is an English actress. She is best known for her breakthrough role as "Rey" in the 2015 film, Star Wars: VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
Daisy was born in Westminster, London, on April 10, 1992. She is the
daughter of Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. Her great-uncle was
Arnold Ridley, an English actor, playwright, and appointed Officer of
the Order of the British Empire (OBE), who was best known for his
authorship of the play, "The Ghost Train", and his role as "Private
Godfrey" in the British sitcom, Dad's Army (1968). Daisy attended
the Tring Park School for Performing Arts, located in Hertfordshire,
England, where she trained in musical theater and graduated in 2010, at
the age of 18. Aside from acting, her talent repertoire includes ballet,
jazz dancing, Latin American, and tap. Her vocal range is
mezzo-soprano, where she is notably skilled in jazz and cabaret singing.
Upon graduation, Daisy was hired in a number of roles in television,
film, and music. She was cast to play "Jessie" in the British
comedy-drama, Youngers (2013). In 2013, she played "Fran Bedingfield" in the BBC series, Causualty (1986), and as "Charlotte" in the British comedy, Toast of London (2012). In 2014, she played opposite to Jeremy Piven as "Roxy Starlet" in the second season of the ITV series, Mr Selfridge (2013), and as "Hannah Kennedy" in two episodes of the BBC crime drama, Silent Witness
(1996). She further had roles in short films, including Scrawl, 100%
Beef, and Crossed Wires. She was featured in B lue Season, which was
entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge, and Lifesaver,
which was nominated for a BAFTA Award. She also appeared in Wiley's
British rap music video, Lights On. In April 2014, it was announced that
Daisy was cast to play the heroine main protagonist, Rey, in Star Wars:
The Force Awakens, the first film in the new trilogy of the Star Wars
franchise. Since its release in December 2015, the J.J. Abrams directed
movie has received critical acclaim and became the fastest movie, ever,
to reach $1 billion at the box office, worldwide. In August 2015, it was
announced that she would play the lead role of Taeko in the English dub
of the 1991 animated film, Only Yesterday, which was released in 2016.
In December 2017, Daisy reprised her role as Rey in the eighth Star Wars
film, The Last Jedi, as well as the Star Wars TV show, Forces of
Destiny. Ridley then played Mary Debenham in the Murder on the Orient
Express. She also starred in the titular role in Ophelia, alongside
Naomi Watts and Clive Owen, which was filmed in 2017 and debuted at the
2018 Sundance Film Festival. In February 2018, Daisy voiced Cottontail
in the film adaptation of Beatrix Potter's children story. In 2019,
Ridley co-stars with Tom Holland in the movie, Chaos Walking, playing
Viola Eade in the film adaptation of the novel done by Patrick Ness,
which is currently in post-production and set for release in 2020. Daisy
further reprised her role as Rey in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of
Skywalker, which started filming in 2018 and wrapped up in early 2019.
The movie was released in December 2019 and is Ridley's final cinematic
role as Rey in the franchise. Daisy is currently connected to future
projects, including Christy Hall's Daddio. She will star in The Lost
Wife, which is based on the novel by Alyson Richman. She is reportedly
also teaming up J.J. Abrams in a couple projects, including the remake
of 2003's Israeli TV movie, Kolma, and the film adaptation of Sonia
Purnell's, A Woman of No Importance.
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