Daisy Ridley is back on our screens, in new Disney biopic Young Woman and the Sea and a new Star Wars movie.
While she will return to the Star Wars franchise as Rey, in a film written by Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight, first Daisy will star as Trudy Ederle, a real life competitive swimmer who decided she wanted to swim the English Channel in the 1920s – making her the first woman to do so. Here's everything we know so far about Young Woman and the Sea.
“Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the staggering achievement -- a 21-mile trek from France to England.” Young Woman and the Sea cast Alongside Daisy, Stephen Graham, Fleabag's Sian Clifford, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Doctor Who's Christopher Ecclestone, Tessa Bonham Jones and Saskia Marguerite will star.
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