Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley

Ridley at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley
(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992
Westminster, London, England
Alma mater Birkbeck, University of London
Occupation Actress
Years active 2013–present

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is an English actress. She began her acting career by appearing in minor television roles, before being cast as the main protagonist, Rey, in the Star Wars sequel trilogy – first appearing in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Early life

Daisy Ridley was born on 10 April 1992,[1][2] in Westminster, London. She is the youngest of three daughters born to Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. She has two older sisters, Kika Rose and Poppy Sophia. She also has two older half-sisters from her father's first marriage.[3][4]Her mother's family, the Fawkner-Corbetts, were landed gentry with a military and medical background.[5] Her great-uncle was Dad's Army actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.[6] She won a scholarship to Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, which she attended between the ages of 9 and 18.[7][8][9] She then began to study classical civilisation at Birkbeck, University of London before dropping out to concentrate on her acting career.[9]

Career

Ridley began her career with minor roles in the television programmes Youngers, Toast of London, Silent Witness, Mr Selfridge and Casualty.[10][11][12][13] She also appeared in the short film Blue Season, which was entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge.[14] Ridley played the lead in film three of Lifesaver,[15] an interactive film which was nominated for a BAFTA Award.[16] She has also appeared in the music video for Wiley's song "Lights On."[7][17]

In April 2014, Ridley's casting as Rey, one of the lead characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was announced.[10][11][12][18][19] She was chosen for the film in February 2014.[20] Her choice by director J. J. Abrams was seen as a repeat of George Lucas's move of casting relatively unknown actors for the lead roles in the first Star Wars film in 1977, as well as the first of the Star Wars prequel trilogy in 1999.[21] At the time of her casting she was, according to Rolling Stone, a "total unknown."[22] In October 2015, Ridley appeared at the launch of a set of Star Wars postage stamps issued by the UK postal service Royal Mail, with Ridley's character Rey featuring on a stamp along with the droid BB-8.[23] With international revenues of over $2 billion,[24] The Force Awakens was a major box-office hit and the highest-grossing film of 2015. After an early screening of the film, Brian Viner of the Daily Mail called Ridley the "real star of the show," adding that her performance as Rey should "send her career into orbit."[25] Her performance received critical acclaim, with Richard Roeper describing her portrayal as "a breakout performance."[26]

Ridley voiced the lead role of Taeko in the English dub of the 1991 animated film Only Yesterday, released on 1 January 2016 in New York City and scheduled for release throughout the US on 26 February.[27][28] She will also continue her role as Rey in Star Wars: Episode VIII,[29] which is scheduled to be released in December 2017.[30]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Lifesaver Jo Short film
2013 Blue Season Sarah Short film
2013 100% BEEF[31] Girl Short film
2013 Crossed Wires[32] Herself Short film
2015 Scrawl Hannah
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey
2016 Only Yesterday Taeko Okajima English dub[28]
2017 Star Wars: Episode VIII Rey Filming[33][34]

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 Episode: "Vanity Project"
2014 Silent Witness Hannah Kennedy 2 episodes
2014 Mr Selfridge Roxy Starlet Episode: "2.8"
2015 Saturday Night Live Herself Segment: "Star Wars Auditions"

Music videos

Year Artist(s) Title Role
2013 Wiley "Lights On" Kim

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Rey Star Wars: The Force Awakens playset
2016 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rey

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Zed Fest Film Festival Outstanding Acting Performance Scrawl Won [35]
Florida Film Critics Circle FCC Breakout Award Star Wars: The Force Awakens Won [36]
2016 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Breakthrough Film Artist Nominated [37]
Georgia Film Critics Association Breakthrough Award Nominated [38]
EDA Awards Best Female Action Star Nominated [39]
Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress Nominated [40]
Empire Awards Best Female Newcomer Won [41]
MTV Movie Awards Best Female Performance Nominated [42]
Best Hero Nominated
Best Breakthrough Performance Won
Best Fight (with Adam Driver) Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Actress Pending [43]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Daisy Jazz I Ridley". FamilySearch. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "9 Things You Need to Know About 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Leading Lady Daisy Ridley". Entertainment Online. "The London native's full name is Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley. As if that wasn't magical enough, her siblings also have names fit for English roses -- one quite literally. Her two older sisters are Kika-Rose and Poppy Sophia, a model and aspiring musician, respectively, and she has two half-sisters from her father's first marriage. Ridley grew up in an exclusive community in central London, and her great-grandfather, William Victor Fawkner-Corbett, served as a colonel in World War I."
  4. ↑ "Daisy Ridley: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know". Heavy Entertainment. Retrieved 19 December 2015
  5. ↑ Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, pg 528, 'Fawkner-Corbett of Brown Edge'
  6. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (25 April 2015). "Star Wars: The Force Awakens: As Rey emerges, so does newcomer Daisy Ridley". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 Glass, Katie (13 December 2015). "A new hope". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. 1 2 Barbuti, Angela (29 April 2014). "Daisy Ridley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  11. 1 2 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.
  12. 1 2 Sullivan, Kevin P. (29 April 2014). "Who Is Daisy Ridley? Meet The New 'Star Wars' Leading Lady". MTV. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Jacobs, Matthew (30 April 2014). "Watch 'Star Wars' Actress Daisy Ridley in Haunting Short Film 'Blue Season'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Credits". Lifesaver. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Children's Interactive in 2013". BAFTA. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  17. ↑ "Daisy Ridley la estrella desconocida de Star Wars". El Informador (in Spanish). 29 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  18. ↑ Truitt, Brian (29 April 2014). "'Star Wars' past and present mix for 'Episode VII'". USA Today. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  19. ↑ Selby, Jenn (30 April 2014). "Who is Daisy Ridley? Star Wars 7 unknown becomes overnight internet sensation". The Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  20. ↑ Kit, Borys (30 April 2014). "How 'Star Wars' Director J.J. Abrams Kept the Cast Secret". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ Brian Hiatt (2 December 2015). "'Star Wars' Strikes Back: Behind the Scenes of the Biggest Movie of the Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "Star Wars stamps issued to mark The Force Awakens". BBC. 24 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  25. ↑ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets rave reviews". BBC. 16 December 2015.
  26. ↑ Roeper 2015.
  27. ↑ "Unreleased Studio Ghibli feature finally receives English dub, dated for January". Polygon. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  28. 1 2 Kyle Pinion. "Studio Ghibli's 'Only Yesterday' to hit theaters in 2016". The Beat. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  29. ↑ Ruby, Jennifer (17 December 2015). "Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy confirms that entire cast will return for eighth film". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  30. ↑ McClintock, Pamela (20 January 2016). "'Star Wars: Episode VIII' Gets New Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  31. ↑ "100% BEEF" by Mike Batecko – Four4 Horror Short Film Competition 2013. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015 – via YouTube.
  32. ↑ Akitobi, Emmanuel (3 November 2013). "Things Suddenly Get Awkward in Eric Kolelas' Improvised Short 'Crossed Wires'". indiewire.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  33. ↑ Justin Kroll. "Benicio Del Toro in 'Star Wars: Episode VIII’: Actor Eyed for Villain". Variety. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  34. ↑ "Updated: 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' will shoot in Ireland this month". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  35. ↑ "ZED Fest Festival". Zedfest.org. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  36. ↑ "‘Carol’ Leads 2015 Florida Film Critics Awards Nominations". FloridaFilmCritics.com.
  37. ↑ Adam, Ryan (3 January 2016). "Central Ohio Film Critics nominations". Awards Daily. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  38. ↑ Georgia Film Critics Association Editors (4 January 2016). "Georgia Film Critics Association 2015 Awards". Georgia Film Critics Association. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  39. ↑ Alliance of Women Film Journalists Staff (14 January 2016). "2015 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  40. ↑ Grant, Stacey (2 February 2016). "Here Are The Nominees For The 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  41. ↑ Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations
  42. ↑ Lovett, Jamie (8 March 2016). "Deadpool, Avengers, And Star Wars Nominated For MTV Movie Awards". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  43. ↑ "The 42nd Annual Saturn Awards nominations are announced for 2016!". Saturn Awards. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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