Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley is an English actress. She is best known for her breakthrough role as "Rey" in the 2015 film, _Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens . She further had roles in short films, including Scrawl, 100% Beef, and Crossed Wires. She was featured in Blue 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 is set to be released in 2016. In December 2015, it was announced that Daisy will reprise her role as Rey in the eighth Star Wars film, which will start filming in January 2016 and is scheduled for release in 2017.
She was cast in "Youngers" straight out of school.
Her great uncle is actor Arnold Ridley who played Godfrey in the long running British sitcom "Dads Army" .
Trained as a dancer and singer at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.
She appears in the music video for the song "Lights On" by Wiley (feat Angel & Tinchy Stryder ). The song was released in 2013.
Her character Rey is featured on a Star Wars postage stamp issued in October 2015 by the UK Royal Mail postal service..
She has a tattoo of three stars on her left foot that she got when she was 15, a tattoo of the alchemical symbol of air on her upper right thigh, and a peace symbol tattoo behind her right ear.
Is the youngest child of 5 sisters.
She cried after watching the trailer of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens for the first time.
Is left-handed. Could also be considered "cross-dominant" as displayed in Star Wars; she writes/eats with her left hand, but shoots and uses her staff with her right hand.
Won "Best Breakthrough Performance" at the MTV Movie Awards on her 24th birthday.
Since August 2016, she has her own wax figure featured in Madame Tussauds wax museum. The sculpture is based on her character Rey and has been revealed during the Star Wars Celebration Europe in July 2016.
In 2016, she recorded the song "At the Ballet", along with Barbra Streisand and Anne Hathaway. The song is featured on the album "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway", which was released in August 26, 2016.
In 2012, about a year before her acting career took off, she appeared in a TV commercial for the British supermarket chain Morrisons.
She is a fan of "The Great British Bake Off" .
When Prince William and Prince Harry visited the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi at Pinewood Studios, Daisy was assigned to escort them on a VIP tour of the Star Wars sound stage facilities.
Prior to acting, she worked as a bartender in London.
Is allergic to cats.
We have been watching the movies again, and my middle sister is super,excited. Last year when we were filming, everyone came round and we had,dinner and watched Episode IV, A New Hope, which was super cool.
And then it all kind of went from there.
The thing about Star Wars (1977) is that every single person is,important. Even though Rey is a big role, everyone influences everyone.
Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.
I can tell you that Rey is an incredibly brave young woman who starts off alone and encounters Finn, and they go on an amazing adventure, and she makes relationships she never could have imagined, and she sees things she never could have imagined.
