Daisy Ridley

London-born actress Daisy Ridley was born on April 10, 1992, in Westminster. Movie fans know her best as Rey, the lead character of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. She played the role in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Outside the franchise, she played Miss Mary Debenham in Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and starred as Viola Eade in Chaos Walking (2021). She also voiced Cottontail Rabbit in the family film Peter Rabbit (2018).

In 2016, Ridley won the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer, the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and a Teen Choice Award. Two years later, she won the Empire Award for Best Actress. Her recent films include Young Woman and the Sea (2024), The Marsh King’s Daughter (2023) and Cleaner (2025). Next up are We Bury the Dead (2026), in which she plays Ava, and Ebenezer, set for Nov. 11, 2026.

New & upcoming work

• Ebenezer · 11 Nov 2026 · as Emily Cratchit

Frequent co-stars

• Oscar Isaac · 3 films together: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• John Boyega · 3 films together: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Carrie Fisher · 3 films together: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Mark Hamill · 3 films together: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Adam Driver · 3 films together: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Lupita Nyong'o · 2 films together: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Awards won

• Empire Award for Best Actress (2018)
• Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer (2016)
• MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (2016)
• Teen Choice Awards (2016)

Career at a glance

First credit: Silent Witness (1996) · Credits: 27

Roles played

• Nevatars2026 · Hauser (voice)
• We Bury the Dead2026 · Ava
• Grande Envie2025 · Countess
• Cleaner2025 · Joey Locke
• Magpie2024 · Annette
• Young Woman and the Sea2024 · Trudy Ederle
• Sometimes I Think About Dying2024 · Fran
• The Marsh King's Daughter2023 · Helena
• The Inventor2023 · Princess Marguerite (voice)
• The Bubble2022 · Kate
• Chaos Walking2021 · Viola Eade
• Baba Yaga2021 · Magda (voice)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · Rey
• Ophelia2019 · Ophelia
• Flopsy Turvy2018 · Cotton-Tail (voice)
• Peter Rabbit2018 · Cottontail Rabbit (voice)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · Rey
• Murder on the Orient Express2017 · Miss Mary Debenham
• Star Wars: Forces of Destiny2017 · Rey (voice)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · Rey

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