Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley, 2015

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born April 10, 1992 in Westminster ) is a British actress . She was best known as 'Rey' in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its two sequels.

Life

Ridley grew up in London as the daughter of a photographer and an advertising manager for the bank HSBC . She has two older sisters and two half-siblings from her father's previous marriage. A scholarship enabled her to attend the 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 special training in performing arts at a young age. After the end of their schooling in 2010 she took a degree in Cultural History of Ancient (classical civilization) at Birkbeck College of the University of London on, but they gave up when her acting career developed.

Her debut in 2013 as a guest actress on the television series Casualty was followed by other guest appearances on series 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 starred in the short film Blue Season and in the interactive film Lifesaver . In April 2014 she was selected to play the role of 'Rey' in the science fiction film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its two sequels. The Force Awakens hit theaters worldwide in December 2015, with the sequel entitled Star Wars: The Last Jedi two years later. The screening start for the final episode of the trilogy ( Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ) was in December 2019. By assigning a leading role to a hitherto relatively unknown actress, director JJ Abrams proceeded as George Lucas did in 1976 with the cast of film roles for Star Wars .

In 2016 she started studying social sciences . In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year. The German voice actress for Daisy Ridley is currently Kaya Marie Möller .

Filmography

• 2013: Casualty (TV series, episode 27x28)
• 2013: Lifesaver (short film)
• 2013: Blue Season (short film)
• 2013: Youngers (TV series, episode 1x05)
• 2013: Toast of London (TV series, episode 1x03)
• 2014: Silent Witness (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2014: Mr Selfridge (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2015: Scrawl
• 2015: Star Wars : The Force Awakens
• 2017-2018: Star Wars: The Forces of Destiny ( Star Wars: Forces of Destiny , TV series, 8 episodes, voice of Rey)
• 2017: Murder on the Orient Express (Murder on the Orient Express)
• 2017: Star Wars : The Last Jedi
• 2018: Peter Hase ( Peter Rabbit , voice of Wuschelpuschel)
• 2018: Ophelia
• 2019: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (short film)
• 2019: Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker

Video games

• 2017: Star Wars: Battlefront II (voice of Rey)

Awards

• 2015: Zed Fest Film Festival: Best Actress for Scrawl
• 2015: Golden Marquee Award: Best Actress for Scrawl
• 2015: Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Young Female Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Alliance of Women Film Journalists: Nominated for Best Female Action Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Alliance of Women Film Journalists: Nominated for Best Young Female Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Ohio Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Young Female Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Georgia Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Young Female Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: EDA Awards: Nominated for Best Female Action Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: EDA Awards: Nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards : Nominated for Most Popular Film Actress for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Empire Award : Best Young Female Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: MTV Movie Awards : Nominated for Best Female Performance for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: MTV Movie Awards: Nominated for Best Heroine for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: MTV Movie Awards: Best Young Talent Performance for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: MTV Movie Awards: Nominated for Best Fight (with Adam Driver ) for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Saturn Awards : Nominated for Best Actress for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Teen Choice Awards : Nominated for Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy Actress for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Teen Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Relationship (with John Boyega ) for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• 2016: Teen Choice Awards: Best New Star for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Web links

Commons : Daisy Ridley  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Daisy Ridley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Daisy Ridley in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} biography. In: Daisy-Ridley.net. Retrieved January 1, 2016 . 
2. ↑ https://www.tringpark.com/the-school
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 
4. ^ A new hope . In: SundayTimes . December 13, 2015. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved on December 17, 2017.
5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Announced. In: www.starwars.com. April 29, 2014, accessed October 21, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Dion Dassanayake: JJ Abrams looking at 'unknown actors' for Star Wars Episode VII like original trilogy cast. In: Daily Express . March 30, 2014, accessed October 22, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Helen Bownass: Daisy Ridley on finding fame, Star Wars and her love for washing powder. December 12, 2017, accessed June 16, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).