Daisy Ridley
Birthdate: Apr 10, 1992
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Daisy Ridley (birthname: Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley) is best known for her co-lead (and debut feature) role as Rey in the Star Wars franchise movies, first in director/co-writer/producer J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), the sequel to Return of the Jedi (1983), starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow; then in director/writer Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), the second in the trilogy with new cast members Benicio del Toro and Laura Dern; director/co-writer Abrams’s final entry in the trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), with new cast members Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid and Billy Dee Williams, with a cumulative gross for the trilogy of $4.17 billion for distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; and then Ridley returned as Rey in the sequel, Star Wars: New Jedi Order (date to be announced), directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, written by George Nolfi, and produced by Kathleen Kennedy. Ridley had her first voice role in an animated feature as part of the 2016 English dub cast of Japanese director/writer Isao Takahata’s coming-of-age tale, Only Yesterday (1991), with the voices of Dev Patel, Alison Fernandez, and Laura Bailey, in a version celebrating the original movie’s 25th anniversary released by GKIDS.
Ridley did the narration for director/producer Otto Bell’s Kazakh-language documentary, The Eagle Huntress (2016), distributed by Sony Pictures Classics after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, and then Ridley joined the large ensemble of her second major Hollywood box-office hit, star/director/producer Kenneth Branagh’s screen version of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel, Murder on the Orient Express (2017), written by Michael Green, co-starring Tom Bateman, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr. and Michelle Pfeiffer, grossing a robust $353 million for 20th Century Fox. Ridley had her first title role in the Hamlet adaptation, Ophelia (2018), adapted by director Claire McCarthy and writer Semi Chellas from Lisa Klein’s novel, co-starring Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Tom Felton, and Devon Terrell, launching at the Sundance Film Festival before opening in limited release by IFC Films.
Daisy Ridley joined the voice cast of the Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures live action-animated comedy, director/co-writer/producer Will Gluck’s Australian/British/American co-production, Peter Rabbit (2018), starring James Corden (doing the voice of Peter) with fellow voice actors Elizabeth Debicki and Margot Robbie and live-action actors Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and which grossed over $351 million worldwide for Sony Pictures Releasing. Ridley co-starred with Tom Holland in director Doug Liman’s rare commercial misfire, the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking (2021), adapted by Patrick Ness (with Christopher Ford) from his 2008 book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, with the notable supporting cast of Mads Mikkelsen, Demian Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas and David Oyelowo, and bombing with a mere $27 million for Lionsgate.
Ridley starred in and produced the Rachel Lambert-directed indie drama, Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023), based on co-screenwriter Kevin Armento’s 2014 play, Killers, with Dave Merheje and Parvesh Cheena, and which launched at the Sundance Film Festival before a limited release by Oscilloscope Laboratories. Ridley returned to voice acting as a co-star in director/writer/producer/actor Jim Capobianco’s U.S./France/Ireland animated biopic on Leonardo da Vinci, The Inventor (2023), starring the voices of Stephen Fry, Matt Berry, Marion Cotillard, and Natalie Palamides, premiering at the Annecy Film Festival and released by Blue Fox Entertainment.
Daisy Ridley starred with Ben Mendelsohn in the psychological thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023), based on Karen Dionne’s 2017 novel, with Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, and Gil Birmingham under Neil Burger’s direction and released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions (U.S.)/Amazon Studios (Europe) for a $3.3 million gross. Ridley starred in and produced her first movie based on her story idea, Magpie (2024), with Shazad Latif, Matilda Lutz, and Pippa Bennett-Warner under Sam Yates’s direction, and which launched at the South by Southwest Film Festival before a release by Shout! Studios (North America)/Signature Entertainment (U.K. and Ireland).
Ridley portrayed competitive swimmer Gertrude Ederle in the feature adaptation of Glenn Stout’s 2009 book, Young Woman and the Sea (2024), co-starring Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Graham, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, and Kim Bodnia under Joachim Rønning’s direction, produced by Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, and released to $2 million gross in a limited release by Disney. Ridley then starred in the Martin Campbell-directed British action thriller, Cleaner (2025), co-starring Taz Skylar and Clive Owen, produced by Qwerty Films/Anton, and released to a disastrous $1.3 million gross (based on its estimated budget) by Sky Cinema.
Daisy Ridley kept up her busy big-screen activity as above-the-title star of director/writer Zak Hilditch’s zombie movie, We Bury the Dead (2025), with Mark Coles Smith and Brenton Thwaites, and which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival before wide distribution by Vertical (U.S.)/Umbrella Entertainment. Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich led the cast of the rom-com, The Last Resort (2026), with Tia Carrere, Sam Neill, Jo Koy, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Ruben Maria Soriquez under Donald Petrie’s direction, and which was produced by Asia Pacific Films.
Ridley co-starred with Johnny Depp (as Scrooge) in the Ti West-directed Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol (2026), written by Nicholas Halpern, with Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Ian McKellan, Rupert Grint, and Tramell Tillman, and which was produced and released by Paramount Pictures. Ridley led the cast of director/producer Kenton Oxley’s MMA-themed drama, Killa Bee (date to be announced), written by Ruth Sewell, and which was produced by Knockout Productions/Moviehouse Entertainment/Picture Perfect.
Daisy Ridley reunited with director Martin Campbell for the Marines-themed drama, Dedication (date to be announced), written by Dan Gordon, and backed by CAA Media Finance/Gemstone Films/Highland Film Group. Ridley joined the international cast of director/writer/producer Louis Nero’s fanciful biopic, Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini (date to be announced), co-starring Santiago Cabrera, Laura Morante, Gianfelice Imparato, Gianmarco Tognazzi, and Diana Dell’Erba, and produced in Italy and the U.K. by L’Altrofilm.
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Personal life
Daisy Ridley was born and raised in London, England, by her father, Christopher (photographer), and mother Louise (bank staffer). Ridley has two older sisters, Kika and Poppy, as well as two older half-sisters. Ridley, receiving a scholarship, attended and graduated from Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. Ridley then majored in Classical Civilization at the University of London, Birkbeck, but left to pursue her acting career. Ridley later studied Social Science in an online course with Open University. Ridley is married to Tom Bateman, whom she met in 2017 on the set of Murder on the Orient Express, and with whom she lives in the London district of Primrose Hill. Ridley’s height is 5’ 7”. Ridley’s estimated net worth is $9 million.
Daisy Ridley Movies
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Previous (18)
- 2026 |
We Bury the Dead
asAva
After a devastating biological disaster wipes out much of the population, Ava is sent into the ruins to help identify and bury the dead. As she moves through abandoned towns and silent landscapes, her task becomes deeply personal. Searching for traces of her missing husband, Ava is forced to confront grief, survival, and what it means to let go in a world that no longer feels alive.
- 2025 |
- 2024 | Magpie
- 2024 |
Young Woman and the Sea
asTrudy Ederle
The story of competitive swimmer Gertrude Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.
- 2024 |
Sometimes I Think About Dying
asFran
Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
- 2023 |
- 2023 |
The Inventor
asMarguerite
Inventing flying contraptions, war machines and studying cadavers, Leonardo da Vinci tackles the meaning of life itself with the help of French princess Marguerite de Nevarre.
- 2022 | For Tomorrow - A Documentary on Grassroots Innovators
- 2021 |
Chaos Walking
asViola
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
- 2019 |
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
asRey
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again.
- 2019 |
- 2018 |
Peter Rabbit
asCotton-Tail
A rabbit sneaks into a garden to steal food, and they get a new challenge with a new owner.
- 2017 |
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
asRey
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.
- 2017 |
Murder on the Orient Express
asMiss Mary Debenham
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
- 2016 | The Eagle Huntress
- 2016 |
The Eagle Huntress
asNarrator
Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress.
- 2015 | Scrawl
- 2015 |
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
asRey
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.
Facts About Daisy Ridley
Heritage: Daisy Ridley’s mother’s Fawkner-Corbetts family, are landed gentry, known for their prominence in the medical industry and the military.
Favorite: Ridley has said that her favorite movie in her childhood was Matilda (1996), which she viewed as a role model.
Before She Was Famous: Daisy Ridley worked as a pub bartender in London before she was cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Conditions: Ridley suffered from endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome and underwent multiple laparoscopic surgeries when she was 15 years old. Ridley was diagnosed in 2023 with Graves’ disease, suffering from a heightened heart rate, weight loss and fatigue.
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