Daisy Ridley
Daisy Ridley went from relative obscurity to being cast in the much-hyped reboot of the "Star Wars" franchise, "Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens" (2015). Ridley was born in Westminster, London on April 10, 1992. Her mother worked in internal communications, while her father was a photographer. Her great uncle was the actor Arnold Ridley, best known for his work on the British comedy show "Dad's Army" (BBC 1968-1977). Ridley studied at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, England, from which she graduated in 2010. She began her professional acting career in 2013 with small roles on British television shows. She appeared on the long-running and famous British hospital drama "Casualty" (BBC 1986- ) in 2013. Turning to voice work, she voiced the lead in the animated indie horror flick "Scrawl" (2015). In April 2014, it was announced that Ridley would appear in a lead role in the J.J. Abrams-helmed reboot of the "Star Wars" series. Following director George Lucas' tradition in the original films, which cast many obscure actors in lead roles, Ridley joined several other unknowns in the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015) cast as Rey, a scrappy scavenger.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cleaner | Joey (Character) | - | 2025 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman of No Importance | Unknown (Character) | - | 2025 |
83% |
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Magpie |
Anette (Character), Producer |
- | 2024 |
89% |
|
Young Woman and the Sea |
Gertrude Ederle (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Bury the Dead | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
82% |
|
Sometimes I Think About Dying |
Fran (Character), Producer |
- | 2023 |
40% |
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The Marsh King's Daughter | Helena Pelletier (Character) | $1.8M | 2023 |
76% |
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The Inventor | Marguerite (Voice) | $190.0K | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Tomorrow - A Documentary about Grassroots Innovators | Narrator | - | 2022 |
21% |
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Chaos Walking | Viola (Character) | $13.3M | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Asteroid Hunters | Narrator | - | 2020 |
51% |
|
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Rey (Character) | $515.2M | 2019 |
58% |
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Ophelia | Ophelia (Character) | $50.7K | 2018 |
64% |
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Peter Rabbit | Cotton-Tail (Voice) | $115.2M | 2018 |
91% |
|
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Rey (Character) | $620.2M | 2017 |
60% |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Mary Debenham (Character) | $101.5M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Opening Night Fan Event Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) | Rey (Character) | - | 2017 |
94% |
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The Eagle Huntress |
Narrator, Executive Producer |
$3.2M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Scrawl | Hannah (Character) | - | 2015 |
93% |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Rey (Character) | $123 | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blue Season | Sarah (Character) | - | 2013 |
100% |
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Only Yesterday | Taeko Okajima (Voice) | - | 1991 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Celebrity Bake Off: Stand Up To Cancer | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2015 2017 2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2015 2017 2019-2021 |
84% | 74% | RuPaul's Drag Race | Guest | 2020 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Das Boot | Rey (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Star Wars: Forces of Destiny | Rey (Character) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
69% | 80% | Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece | Roxy (Character) | 2014 |