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Daisy Ridley is an English actress born on the 10th of April 1992 in Westminster, London. She is best known for playing Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, appearing in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Ridley won a scholarship to Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, which she attended from ages nine to eighteen. She later studied classical civilisation at Birkbeck, University of London, before dropping out to focus on her acting career.
Ridley was diagnosed with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome at age fifteen, requiring multiple laparoscopic surgery procedures. In 2023, she was also diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune condition causing a racing heart rate, weight loss, and fatigue.
Yes. On the 7th of April 2023, at Star Wars Celebration, it was confirmed that Ridley will reprise her role as Rey in an upcoming untitled Star Wars film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Ridley is married to actor Tom Bateman, whom she met on the set of Murder on the Orient Express in 2017. She confirmed their marriage during the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023.
In 2016, after posting an anti-gun-violence message, Ridley faced public backlash and deleted her Instagram and Facebook accounts. She later described social media as "highly unhealthy for people's mental health" and vowed in 2019 never to return, though she rejoined Instagram on the 4th of April 2022.