Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley
Born Daisy Isobel Ridley
10 April 1992
Westminster, London, England, UK
Nationality British
Occupation Actress
Years active 2013–present
Agent Creative Artists Agency
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1][2]
Relatives Arnold Ridley (great uncle)

Daisy Ridley (born 10 April 1992)[3] is an English film and television actress.

Career

Ridley has appeared in the television programmes Youngers, Silent Witness, Mr Selfridge and Casualty.[2][4][5][6] She also appeared in the short film Blue Season, which was entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge.[7] She played the lead in film three of Lifesaver,[8] an interactive film which was nominated for a BAFTA British Academy Award.[9] She has also appeared in the music video for Wiley's song "Lights On".[10][11]

In April 2014, it was announced that she will play Rey, one of the lead characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[2][4][5][12][13] She was chosen for the film in February 2014.[14] The casting of Ridley has generally been seen as a deliberate move from director J. J. Abrams, seeing 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.[15]

After receiving several competing offers, Ridley switched from her original talent agency Jonathan Arun to the United Talent Agency in August 2014.[16] Following a two-month stint with UTA, Ridley signed on with the Creative Artists Agency in October 2014.[17]

Personal life

Ridley's mother, Louise Fawkner-Corbett, works in internal communications[18] and her father, Chris Ridley, is a photographer.[10][19] She is the youngest of five children and has two sisters, Kika-Rose and Poppy, and two half-sisters from her father's previous marriage.[10][19] Kika-Rose works as a model and is signed to Models 1.[19][13] Her great uncle is Arnold Ridley of Dad's Army fame.[20] Her boyfriend, Charlie Hamblett, is also an actor.[10]

Ridley's family has a house in west London's Maida Vale district.[10] She attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, graduating in 2010 at the age of 18.[10][19]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Lifesaver Jo (Rescuer) Short film
2013 Blue Season Sarah Short film
2013 100% BEEF[21] Short film
2013 Crossed Wires[22] Short film
2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Alicia Scenes cut from theatrical release
2015 Scrawl Hannah Post-production
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey[23] Post-production

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[23] Episode: "Vanity Project"
2014 Silent Witness Hannah Kennedy 2 episodes, "Fraternity" Parts 1 & 2
2014 Mr Selfridge Roxy Starlet[23] Episode #2.8

References

  1. ↑ "Daisy Ridley". Jonathan Arun. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barbuti, Angela (29 April 2014). "Daisy Ridley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sullivan, Kevin P. (29 April 2014). "Who Is Daisy Ridley? Meet The New ‘Star Wars’ Leading Lady". MTV.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Jacobs, Matthew (30 April 2014). "Watch 'Star Wars' Actress Daisy Ridley In Haunting Short Film 'Blue Season'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Credits". Lifesaver. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Children's Interactive in 2013". BAFTA. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 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.
  11. ↑ "Daisy Ridley la estrella desconocida de Star Wars". El Informador (in Spanish). 29 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  12. ↑ Truitt, Brian (29 April 2014). "'Star Wars' past and present mix for 'Episode VII'". USA Today. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Selby, Jenn (30 April 2014). "Who is Daisy Ridley? Star Wars 7 unknown becomes overnight internet sensation". The Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  14. ↑ Kit, Borys (30 April 2014). "How 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams Kept the Cast Secret". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ New Talent Agency
  17. ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (21 October 2014). "'Star Wars Episode VII' Lead Daisy Ridley Signs With CAA". Deadline. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Ridley, Daisy (10 July 2014). "Raspberry to you, false information". Twitter. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 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.
  20. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (25 April 2015). "Star Wars: The Force Awakens: As Rey emerges, so does newcomer Daisy Ridley". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  21. ↑ 100% Beef Short
  22. ↑ Crossed Wires Short
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2

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