Daisy Ridley attended a special screening of Disney’s Young Woman And The Sea hosted by BAFTA at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Saturday.
The actress, 32, was joined by director Joachim Ronning and producer Jerry Bruckheimer on the biographical drama.
Ridley – who recently enjoyed working with her husband Tom Bateman – looked business chic in an angular gray blazer.
She wore her oversized outerwear over a flirty white mini dress that showed off her legs.
Ridley strolled through the venue’s lobby in a pair of white designer heels.
Daisy Ridley attended a special screening of Disney’s Young Woman And The Sea hosted by BAFTA at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on Saturday
Ridley – who recently enjoyed collaborating with her husband Tom Bateman – looked business chic in an angular gray blazer
The star of the Star Wars sequel trilogy’s dark brown locks contrasted perfectly with the light tones of her outfit.
Young Woman And The Sea is based on the book of the same name by Glenn Stout, which was originally published in 2009.
The film focuses on the life of Gertrude Ederle, an Olympic gold medalist who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel.
In addition to Ridley, the film’s cast includes artists such as Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham and Christopher Eccleston.
Development of the film began in 2015, when Bruckheimer acquired the rights to Stout’s novel.
Although Lily James was initially set to play Ederle, she eventually left the project.
Ridley joined the film’s cast in 2020, and many of the other artists involved in the film signed on to work on the project over the next few years.
Production on Young Woman And The Sea began in May 2022 and concluded the following month.
The Ophelia star spoke about working on the feature film during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter and stated that her previous action film training did not necessarily prepare her for extended swimming bouts.
The actress, 32, was joined by director Joachim Ronning and producer Jerry Bruckheimer on the biographical drama.
She wore her oversized outerwear over a flirty white mini dress that showed off her legs
Young Woman And The Sea is based on the book of the same name by Glenn Stout, originally published in 2009. The film focuses on the life of Gertrude Ederle, an Olympic gold medalist who became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 2009. 1926
“I feel like the things I learned for Star Wars are generally transferable… but swimming is a different thing, so it felt like I was really starting at the beginning,” she said.
Ridley also admitted that while she was proud of her work in the film, she had no plans to compete in swimming competitions anytime soon.
“I’m so excited to play Trudy, what she did is amazing, and I don’t have to swim anymore. “I’ll be watching people swim and cheering them on, I can’t wait for the Olympics,” she said.
The limited theatrical release of Young Woman And The Sea in the United States is scheduled for May 31.