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‘Young Woman And The Sea’ Star Daisy Ridley Opens Up Exclusively About Her Graves’ Disease Diagnosis Embodying the role of a record-breaking swimmer was intense, physically and mentally for Daisy. But it was a surprise health issue that ultimately led the 32-year-old to (finally) slow down and listen to her body. BY SAMANTHA LEAL AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONNY MARLOW AND STYLED BY KRISTEN SALADINO EAUTY LIFE RELATIONSHIPS SUBSCRIBE SIGN IN 0 JORDAN CHILES CONTROVERSY BREAK WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU BEST SHOULDER STRETCHES BEST FACIAL TONERS BEST COMPRESSION SHORTS Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? daisy ridley on a dock PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONNY MARLOW. ARITZIA JACKET, ARITZIA.COM; MAJE CARDIGAN AND BRIEFS, US.MAJE.COM; BRILLIANT EARTH EARRINGS, BRILLIANTEARTH.COM; COSABELLA BANDEAU, COSABELLA.COM; PAMELA LOVE RING, PAMELALOVE.COM Health ‘Young Woman And The Sea’ Star Daisy Ridley Opens Up Exclusively About Her Graves’ Disease Diagnosis Embodying the role of a record-breaking swimmer was intense, physically and mentally for Daisy. But it was a surprise health issue that ultimately led the 32-year-old to (finally) slow down and listen to her body. BY SAMANTHA LEAL AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JONNY MARLOW AND STYLED BY KRISTEN SALADINOPUBLISHED: AUG 06, 2024 8:00 AM EDT bookmarksSAVE ARTICLE I look up, and Daisy Ridley is standing and waving to me from across the room at the Soho House in West Hollywood. Dressed in a gray sweater (Los Angeles has been awfully cold and gloomy for this time of year), and with her signature short hair, she somehow has that particular mix of star quality and approachability—it’s as if your best friend from next door is now a movie star. It’s this same quality that gives her the chameleon-like tendencies that many actors strive for; her acting projects range from a troubled housewife to a socially awkward office worker to a strong and stubborn Jedi. “It’s all make-believe,” Daisy says, laughing. “It’s about turning up and being very present and being very open and available, but also submitting to someone else’s vision. It’s about being open to what other people believe, even if you come up with ideas of what that is.” In her newest role, Daisy plays the real-life American athlete Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea, centered on the story of the first woman who swam the English Channel. (Daisy executive-produced the movie.) It’s also the 98th anniversary of that historic swim—a feat that Daisy learned about intimately. “The first time I swam for the role, we were in a 20-meter pool, and I swam halfway, then started panicking. I was like, I can’t do it. I actually can’t do it,” she says. “It was a classic lied-on-the-CV moment of, What the f*ck have I done?” Order a copy to know more….. Magazine has a Bar-Code!! Newsstand Edition!!