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 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 (2015). Daisy was born in Westminster, London, on April 10, 1992. She is the daughter of Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. Her great-uncle was Arnold Ridley, an English actor, playwright, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), who was best known for his authorship of the play, "The Ghost Train", and his role as "Private Godfrey" in the British sitcom, Dad's Army (1968). Daisy attended the Tring Park School for Performing Arts, located in Hertfordshire, England, where she trained in musical theater and graduated in 2010, at the age of 18. Aside from acting, her talent repertoire includes ballet, jazz dancing, Latin American, and tap. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano, where she is notably skilled in jazz and cabaret singing. Upon graduation, Daisy was hired in a number of roles in television, film, and music. She was cast to play "Jessie" in the British comedy-drama, Youngers (2013). In 2013, she played "Fran Bedingfield" in the BBC series, Casualty (1986), and as "Charlotte" in the British comedy, Toast of London (2012). In 2014, she played opposite to Jeremy Piven as "Roxy Starlet" in the second season of the ITV series, Mr Selfridge (2013), and as "Hannah Kennedy" in two episodes of the BBC crime drama, Silent Witness (1996). 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 was released in 2016. In December 2017, Daisy reprised her role as Rey in the eighth Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, as well as the Star Wars TV show, Forces of Destiny. Ridley then played Mary Debenham in the Murder on the Orient Express. She also starred in the titular role in Ophelia, alongside Naomi Watts and Clive Owen, which was filmed in 2017 and debuted at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In February 2018, Daisy voiced Cottontail in the film adaptation of Beatrix Potter's children story. In 2019, Ridley co-stars with Tom Holland in the movie, Chaos Walking, playing Viola Eade in the film adaptation of the novel done by Patrick Ness, which is currently in post-production and set for release in 2020. Daisy further reprised her role as Rey in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, which started filming in 2018 and wrapped up in early 2019. The movie was released in December 2019 and is Ridley's final cinematic role as Rey in the franchise. Daisy is currently connected to future projects, including Christy Hall's Daddio. She will star in The Lost Wife, which is based on the novel by Alyson Richman. She is reportedly also teaming up J.J. Abrams in a couple projects, including the remake of 2003's Israeli TV movie, Kolma, and the film adaptation of Sonia Purnell's, A Woman of No Importance.
Bio:
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 (2015). Daisy was born in Westminster, London, on April 10, 1992. She is the daughter of Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. Her great-uncle was Arnold Ridley, an English actor, playwright, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), who was best known for his authorship of the play, "The Ghost Train", and his role as "Private Godfrey" in the British sitcom, Dad's Army (1968). Daisy attended the Tring Park School for Performing Arts, located in Hertfordshire, England, where she trained in musical theater and graduated in 2010, at the age of 18. Aside from acting, her talent repertoire includes ballet, jazz dancing, Latin American, and tap. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano, where she is notably skilled in jazz and cabaret singing. Upon graduation, Daisy was hired in a number of roles in television, film, and music. She was cast to play "Jessie" in the British comedy-drama, Youngers (2013). In 2013, she played "Fran Bedingfield" in the BBC series, Casualty (1986), and as "Charlotte" in the British comedy, Toast of London (2012). In 2014, she played opposite to Jeremy Piven as "Roxy Starlet" in the second season of the ITV series, Mr Selfridge (2013), and as "Hannah Kennedy" in two episodes of the BBC crime drama, Silent Witness (1996). 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 was released in 2016. In December 2017, Daisy reprised her role as Rey in the eighth Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, as well as the Star Wars TV show, Forces of Destiny. Ridley then played Mary Debenham in the Murder on the Orient Express. She also starred in the titular role in Ophelia, alongside Naomi Watts and Clive Owen, which was filmed in 2017 and debuted at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In February 2018, Daisy voiced Cottontail in the film adaptation of Beatrix Potter's children story. In 2019, Ridley co-stars with Tom Holland in the movie, Chaos Walking, playing Viola Eade in the film adaptation of the novel done by Patrick Ness, which is currently in post-production and set for release in 2020. Daisy further reprised her role as Rey in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, which started filming in 2018 and wrapped up in early 2019. The movie was released in December 2019 and is Ridley's final cinematic role as Rey in the franchise. Daisy is currently connected to future projects, including Christy Hall's Daddio. She will star in The Lost Wife, which is based on the novel by Alyson Richman. She is reportedly also teaming up J.J. Abrams in a couple projects, including the remake of 2003's Israeli TV movie, Kolma, and the film adaptation of Sonia Purnell's, A Woman of No Importance.
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Although she is a skilled singer, she admitted that it's one of her worst habits. During the production of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), she once lost a bet with J.J. Abrams that she couldn't go an entire day without singing. Abrams later recommended Ridley to Barbra Streisand, who was producing an album featuring well-known actors.Found out that she got the part in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) while she was at the theatre with a friend. Before the play started, she received an e-mail and a voice mail from J.J. Abrams, who asked her if she could call him. When she did, he said that she's gonna be in Star Wars; an information that made her speechless and excited. Right after the call, she went back to the theatre where the play had already started, and she had to sit through it without telling her friend what just happened.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.She has a green belt in kickboxing.After she was cast in Star Wars, she only told it to her family. The first thing she did was working out to get in shape for her role. When people asked her why she was doing it, she simply told them that she was doing it for an audition.Trained as a dancer and singer at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.At the age of 15, she was diagnosed with Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, which required her to undergo multiple surgeries.In 2016, she started studying for a degree in social science.While watching the trailer of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) for the first time, she was so overwhelmed that she cried.When Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry visited the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) at Pinewood Studios, Daisy was assigned to escort them on a VIP tour of the Star Wars sound stage facilities.In July 2016, she took a visit over a weekend to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London, dressed as Rey.Even after her audition for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), she was convinced that her acting career was over, because she didn't get any new roles at the time. She continued to work as a bartender before she was cast in the film.Prior to acting, she worked as a bartender in London. She also worked in a shopping mall as an elf (later upgraded to a fairy princess) during Christmas season.Her character Rey is featured on a Star Wars postage stamp issued in October 2015 by the UK Royal Mail postal service..Since August 2016, she has her own wax figure featured in Madame Tussaud's wax museum. The sculpture is based on her character Rey and has been revealed during the Star Wars Celebration Europe in July 2016.Is the youngest child of five sisters. Two of them are half-sisters, coming from her father's previous marriage.While she was doing the Star Wars films, she was praised by stunt trainers for being a natural with a lightsaber and for being a fast learner. In one instance, she had to practice a complex series of lightsaber movements for a scene in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). According to stunt coordinator Liang Yang, it would usually take three days to learn those movements. However, Ridley managed to get them right in only 90 minutes.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.Won "Best Breakthrough Performance" at the MTV Movie Awards on her 24th birthday.Her great uncle is actor Arnold Ridley who played Godfrey in the long running British sitcom Dad's Army (1968).In 2012, about a year before her acting career took off, she appeared in a TV commercial for the British supermarket chain Morrisons.In an interview in February 2021, she expressed interest in portraying Spider-Woman in a possible movie adaption. Indeed, she is already the top choice for the character among Marvel fans.Her likeness was used for conceptual artworks of Cara Dune, a character from The Mandalorian (2019).One of her very first parts was a short appearance in Toast of London (2012), where she played a stagehand. Matt Berry really wanted to bring her back to the show, but he couldn't get in touch with her. This was because at the time, she has been recently cast in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and therefore was temporarily unavailable. Berry expressed his delight in her casting, and admitted that his show really couldn't compete with Star Wars.Is allergic to cats.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.She was cast in Youngers (2013) straight out of school. Coincidentally, during the only scene in which she appears, Star Wars is mentioned.She appears in the music video for the song "Lights On" by Wiley (feat Angel & Tinchy Stryder). The song was released in 2013.She and her two older sisters are named after flowers (Poppy-Sophia and Kika-Rose).She became a vegan after watching the mocumentary Carnage (2017). The film horrified her so much that it inspired her to educate herself about the meat and dairy industry. After cutting both, she eventually settled on eating fish as a compromise.She is a fan of The Great British Baking Show (2010) and an avid baker herself. She later appeared as a contestant in the fourth season of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C (2018).One of her favourite films from her childhood is Matilda (1996). She has cited Mara Wilson's performance in that film as an inspiration for her portrayal of Rey in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).On Good Morning America (1975), she revealed that she would love to do a musical.She has Irish ancestry. Her father is Irish, and her great-grandparents hail from Ennis, Ireland. She is also 1/32 German.She is an avid reader and a passionate fan of films.She had a part in The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), but her scenes were later cut from the film. The director later attempted to get her back on the film, but as she had been recently cast in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), contractual obligations prevented this.Her mother's family, Fawkner-Corbett, were landed gentry. Her maternal great-grandfather William Victor Fawkner-Corbett was born under the name Corbett, and added Fawkner- to his surname from his mother's name. |
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Daisy Ridley |
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Actress,Producer,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
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Actress,Producer,Soundtrack |
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| Height: |
5' 7' (1.70 m) |
| Biography: |
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 (2015). Daisy was born in Westminster, London, on April 10, 1992. She is the daug |
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Although she is a skilled singer, she admitted that it's one of her worst habits. During the production of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), she once lost a bet with J.J. Abrams that she couldn't go an entire day without singing. Abrams later recommended Ridley to Barbra Streisand, who was producing an album featuring well-known actors.Found out that she got the part in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) while she was at the theatre with a friend. Before the play started, she received an e-mail and a voice mail from J.J. Abrams, who asked her if she could call him. When she did, he said that she's gonna be in Star Wars; an information that made her speechless and excited. Right after the call, she went back to the theatre where the play had already started, and she had to sit through it without telling her friend what just happened.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.She has a green belt in kickboxing.After she was cast in Star Wars, she only told it to her family. The first thing she did was working out to get in shape for her role. When people asked her why she was doing it, she simply told them that she was doing it for an audition.Trained as a dancer and singer at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.At the age of 15, she was diagnosed with Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, which required her to undergo multiple surgeries.In 2016, she started studying for a degree in social science.While watching the trailer of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) for the first time, she was so overwhelmed that she cried.When Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry visited the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) at Pinewood Studios, Daisy was assigned to escort them on a VIP tour of the Star Wars sound stage facilities.In July 2016, she took a visit over a weekend to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London, dressed as Rey.Even after her audition for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), she was convinced that her acting career was over, because she didn't get any new roles at the time. She continued to work as a bartender before she was cast in the film.Prior to acting, she worked as a bartender in London. She also worked in a shopping mall as an elf (later upgraded to a fairy princess) during Christmas season.Her character Rey is featured on a Star Wars postage stamp issued in October 2015 by the UK Royal Mail postal service..Since August 2016, she has her own wax figure featured in Madame Tussaud's wax museum. The sculpture is based on her character Rey and has been revealed during the Star Wars Celebration Europe in July 2016.Is the youngest child of five sisters. Two of them are half-sisters, coming from her father's previous marriage.While she was doing the Star Wars films, she was praised by stunt trainers for being a natural with a lightsaber and for being a fast learner. In one instance, she had to practice a complex series of lightsaber movements for a scene in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). According to stunt coordinator Liang Yang, it would usually take three days to learn those movements. However, Ridley managed to get them right in only 90 minutes.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.Won "Best Breakthrough Performance" at the MTV Movie Awards on her 24th birthday.Her great uncle is actor Arnold Ridley who played Godfrey in the long running British sitcom Dad's Army (1968).In 2012, about a year before her acting career took off, she appeared in a TV commercial for the British supermarket chain Morrisons.In an interview in February 2021, she expressed interest in portraying Spider-Woman in a possible movie adaption. Indeed, she is already the top choice for the character among Marvel fans.Her likeness was used for conceptual artworks of Cara Dune, a character from The Mandalorian (2019).One of her very first parts was a short appearance in Toast of London (2012), where she played a stagehand. Matt Berry really wanted to bring her back to the show, but he couldn't get in touch with her. This was because at the time, she has been recently cast in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and therefore was temporarily unavailable. Berry expressed his delight in her casting, and admitted that his show really couldn't compete with Star Wars.Is allergic to cats.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.She was cast in Youngers (2013) straight out of school. Coincidentally, during the only scene in which she appears, Star Wars is mentioned.She appears in the music video for the song "Lights On" by Wiley (feat Angel & Tinchy Stryder). The song was released in 2013.She and her two older sisters are named after flowers (Poppy-Sophia and Kika-Rose).She became a vegan after watching the mocumentary Carnage (2017). The film horrified her so much that it inspired her to educate herself about the meat and dairy industry. After cutting both, she eventually settled on eating fish as a compromise.She is a fan of The Great British Baking Show (2010) and an avid baker herself. She later appeared as a contestant in the fourth season of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C (2018).One of her favourite films from her childhood is Matilda (1996). She has cited Mara Wilson's performance in that film as an inspiration for her portrayal of Rey in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).On Good Morning America (1975), she revealed that she would love to do a musical.She has Irish ancestry. Her father is Irish, and her great-grandparents hail from Ennis, Ireland. She is also 1/32 German.She is an avid reader and a passionate fan of films.She had a part in The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), but her scenes were later cut from the film. The director later attempted to get her back on the film, but as she had been recently cast in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), contractual obligations prevented this.Her mother's family, Fawkner-Corbett, were landed gentry. Her maternal great-grandfather William Victor Fawkner-Corbett was born under the name Corbett, and added Fawkner- to his surname from his mother's name. |
| Trademarks: |
Bright infectious smile with dimples and her laugh
Warm, slightly low-pitched voice
Slim yet athletic figure
Hazel-green, almond-shaped eyes
Often wears her hair as a top-knot |
| Quotes: |
[About where she grew up] London. And somebody did ask me if me and John [Boyega] got on because we're from the same place. We're not from the same place. He's from South London, I'm from West.
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[About the Star Wars Celebration event] I didn't think of it like that until dinner last night when somebody mentioned how many people might be watching. It was so cool to be part of a film that is loved so much, and then to be able to launch in that sphere with just fans and people who love what we're doing and are so excited about what's going to come in December, that was the best way to come out, as it were.
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[About her family] I've got sisters. I'm the youngest of actually five. 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.
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[on her favourite location while filming Star Wars: The Force Awakens] Weirdly enough, probably Abu Dhabi, even though it was so hot, it was like you literally can't imagine that heat. The feeling of stepping onto a real set for the first time, it genuinely was a baptism of fire. To see creatures walking around and speeders chilling in the sand, that was amazing, and because I was shooting there, it was like everything had built up to that moment. So a few days in, I was like, OK. I'm getting my groove now.
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My great uncle was in Dad's Army (1968). And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England. They're redoing it as a film. Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore [in the Harry Potter movies], is playing who my great uncle played. Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative." [...] "My mum works in internal communications at a bank, and my dad's a photographer. |
| Salaries: |
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - $450,000 + percentage of box office |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
(2013) Wiley's "Lights On" music video - Actress
(March 8, 2020) Performed at Letters Live at the Southbank Centre in London. |
| Spouse: |
Tom Bateman (? - present) |
| Parents: |
Louise Fawkner-Corbett
Chris Ridley |
| Relatives: |
Kika-Rose Ridley (Sibling)
Poppy Sophia Ridley (Sibling) |
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