Meet Daisy Ridley, The 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Cast Member

The official announcement of the “Star Wars: Episode VII” cast is a mix of familiar faces from the original trilogy and actors like John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver, who have appeared in recent reports. And then there’s Daisy Ridley. ford-ridley-fisher-star-wars The young actress seated comfortably between Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher wasn’t mentioned in any of the previous news stories about casting the new trilogy. (Neither was Domhnall Gleeson, but starring in the “Harry Potter” movies doesn’t exactly qualify him as an unknown.”) Just hours after Oscar Isaac became the subject of the latest "Star Wars: Episode VII" casting rumors, the movie's official roster was revealed in the form of a photo from Tuesday's inaugural table read. Many of the names bandied about for months made the cut, but at least one of the film's leads will be played by a relative unknown. Daisy Ridley appears to have nabbed the role that at one point had Lupita Nyong'o in talks with director J.J. Abrams, as she and Carrie Fisher are the only actresses announced for the movie. More recently, British newcomer Maisie Richardson-Sellers was also reportedly tied to the part, which was described as a "young black or mixed-race woman who may be a descendent of Jedi Knight Ben Kenobi." Daisy Ridley is a 5-foot-7 jazz singer, dancer and strong swimmer with dark hair, a native London accent, and a few minor television credits she gathered over the past year. She's in her early 20s, and used to go by @daisyjazz on Twitter — before the account was disabled. That’s about all we know about the lone "unknown" member of the Star Wars VII cast. Other than that she’s about to become very, very famous.