Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley is an English actress best known for playing Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy between 2015 and 2019. She has also appeared in Murder on the Orient Express, Ophelia, and provided voices for the animated film, Peter Rabbit. She has also had leading roles in sci-fi film Chaos Walking, independent drama Sometimes I Think About Dying, and the psychological thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter. In 2024, she portrayed Gertrude Ederle in the biographical drama Young Woman and the Sea, and is currently preparing to return to a galaxy far, far away for an upcoming Star Wars film.

Why Daisy Ridley is vegan

Daisy Ridley is vegan for the animals and for health.

Daisy started her vegan journey after watching fellow vegan Simon Amstell’s mockumentary, Carnage, in 2017. The brilliant film is set in a vegan future and explores the guilt felt by society’s meat-eating past.

Although she initially cut out all animal products except fish¹Bownass, H. 2017. Daisy Ridley on finding fame, Star Wars and her love for washing powder. Stylist. Available: https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-2017-issue-396-fame-washing-powder-london/179086 [Accessed 6 August 2026]., she soon became vegan. According to Vegan Food and Living, “during an interview about The Last Jedi, she praised the vegan options while balancing filming and promoting the film. Moreover, during 2021’s Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, Daisy cooked with 100 per cent vegan ingredients. She created vegan banoffee-inspired millionaire’s shortbread, a chocolate and raspberry tart and a rather unconventional toilet-shaped cake.”²Smith, R. 2024. Vegan celebrities in 2026: 70 stars share why they went vegan. Available: https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/features/vegan-celebrities/ [Accessed 6 August 2026].

In 2024, Ridley told Women’s Health that she’s vegan and gluten-free, which helps her manage the symptoms of endometriosis, polycystic ovaries and Graves’ disease.³Leal, S. 2024. ‘Young Woman And The Sea’ Star Daisy Ridley Opens Up Exclusively About Her Graves’ Disease Diagnosis. Women’s Health. Available: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a61690215/daisy-ridley-graves-disease-swim-training/ [Accessed 6 August 2026].

“I don’t eat dairy, meat or eggs, but this only happened a few months ago as I watched Carnage… And I was horrified… I didn’t know how dairy farming was done or what they did to male chicks.”⁴Bownass, H. 2017. Daisy Ridley on finding fame, Star Wars and her love for washing powder. Stylist. Available: https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/daisy-ridley-interview-star-wars-2017-issue-396-fame-washing-powder-london/179086 [Accessed 6 August 2026].