--- description: Her name's Daisy Ridley, and she's British title: Daisy Ridley Photo: New Star Wars Cast Only Woman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt005a9a61ef865c7d/69868d06361760164d90bbcd/daisy-ridley-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Only New Woman to Join the _Star Wars_ Cast So Far by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 7:31 PM CUT  Matthew Brookes by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 7:31 PM CUT Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Daisy Ridley? Tucked within the flurry of names announced as part of the _Star Wars: Episode VII_ cast is Ridley, a young British actress and the sole woman to join the iconic franchise in a galaxy far, far away. Her previous roles have been restricted mostly to British television, with only one previous movie, _Inbetweeners II,_ listed on her agent’s [website](http://www.jonathanarun.com/clients/actresses/item/daisy-ridley.html "undefined"). The site also lists her as a mezzo-soprano, citing that she is highly skilled in jazz dancing and singing, as well as tap dancing. Ridley’s 2013 showreel with her acting clips were taken [down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i88cjgcyoX0 "undefined"), but you can view a 2010 clip that’s reportedly of her singing below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/81427/daisy-ridley-photo-new-star-wars-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/81427/daisy-ridley-photo-new-star-wars-cast/"},"headline":"This Is the Only New Woman to Join the Star Wars Cast So Far","datePublished":"2014-04-29T19:31:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:33:50.381Z","description":"Her name's Daisy Ridley, and she's British","url":"https://time.com/81427/daisy-ridley-photo-new-star-wars-cast/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","daisy ridley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt005a9a61ef865c7d/69868d06361760164d90bbcd/daisy-ridley-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt005a9a61ef865c7d/69868d06361760164d90bbcd/daisy-ridley-photo.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Daisy Ridley photo","caption":"","creditText":"Matthew Brookes","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/81427/daisy-ridley-photo-new-star-wars-cast/","name":"This Is the Only New Woman to Join the Star Wars Cast So Far"}}]}] ```