Daisy Ridley

Biography of Daisy Ridley

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley was born on April 10, 1992 in Westminster. She is a British actress.

Daisy Ridley grew up in London, the daughter of a photographer and an advertising manager at HSBC Bank. She has two older sisters and two half-siblings from her father's previous marriage. A scholarship enabled her to attend Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire between the ages of 9 and 18. This private educational institution combines the subjects of a general school with a special education in performing arts from an early age. After leaving school in 2010, she began studying Classical Civilization at Birkbeck College, University of London, but left as her acting career developed.

Her debut in 2013 as a guest star on the television series Casualty was followed by other guest appearances on shows such as Youngers, Silent Witness and Mr Selfridge. She made her feature film debut in 2015 in the British indie horror film Scrawl. She also acted in the short film Blue Season and in the interactive film Lifesaver.

In April 2014, she was cast as 'Rey' in the sci-fi film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its two sequels. The Force Awakens hit theaters worldwide in December 2015, with the sequel titled Star Wars: The Last Jedi two years later. The final installment in the trilogy (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) is scheduled to premiere in December 2019.

In 2016 she began studying social sciences. In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars annually.