Daisy Ridley — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is an English actress, who rose to prominence for her role as Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

She also appeared in the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017), played the title character of the romantic drama Ophelia (2018), and has done occasional voice acting, notably the live-action/animated film Peter Rabbit (2018) and video games such as 12 Minutes.

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Filmography

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2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey

2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Rey

2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Rey

Awards & recognition

9 nominations · 2 Award ceremony

Saturn Awards 3 nominations

Best Actress Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2021
Best Actress Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2018
Best Actress Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016

MTV Movie & TV Awards 6 nominations

Best Actor or Actress Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2018
Best Hero Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2018
Breakthrough of the Year Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016

3 more

Best Hero Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016
Best Fight Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016
Best Actress Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016

Interesting facts

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1
Daisy's father, Chris Ridley, is a photographer, and her mother, Louise Fawkner-Corbett, worked as an advertising manager.
2
The actress's full name is Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley.
3
Daisy is left-handed.
4
Her great-uncle is Arnold Ridley.
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The actress's full name is Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley.
6
Daisy is the youngest of five sisters in the family. She was born when her father was 52 years old.
7
In 2016, Daisy shared on social media that she had been suffering from endometriosis and polycystic ovaries for many years.

Family & relationships

Tom Bateman husband