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Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley is back on screens after struggling to find work

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Daisy Ridley stars as Viola in the new movie Chaos Walking. (Photo: GALLO IMAGES/ GETTY IMAGES)
Daisy Ridley stars as Viola in the new movie Chaos Walking. (Photo: GALLO IMAGES/ GETTY IMAGES)

Her role in Chaos Walking has been four years in the making and although the Star Wars actor is grateful to be busy again after being jobless, it hasn’t come without, well, some chaos.

The 29-year-old actress, who born in London to Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Christopher Ridley, landed her big break in 2015, playing Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

Daisy says after The Rise of Skywalker, the final film in the series, premiered in December 2019, job offers dried up and she feared she would never work again.

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