Daisy Edgar-Jones

British actor Daisy Edgar-Jones trained at the National Youth Theatre before landing her first role at the age of 17 as a series regular in the British Comedy-Drama COLD FEET alongside James Nesbitt for ITV.  

Recently, Daisy has been cast alongside Jacob Elordi and Will Poulter for a lead role in a sweeping drama based on Shannon Pufahl’s acclaimed 2019 novel, ON SWIFT HORSES. Furthermore, in 2024, Daisy will be a lead in the highly anticipated updated version of the 1996 film TWISTERS. 

Most notably, Daisy was seen playing the lead role of Marianne in the adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel NORMAL PEOPLE (2020) alongside Paul Mescal, which was directed by Lenny Abrahamson. The series was met with critical acclaim as was Daisy’s performance, which earned her IMDb’s Breakthrough STARMeter Award, a Madame Figaro Rising Star Award, a Rose d’Or Emerging Talent Award – making Daisy the first-ever winner of this award – as well as being named as one of Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ for 2020, Associated Press Breakthrough Entertainer for 2020 and being picked by The Hollywood Reporter for their Next Gen 2020 list. Daisy also earned a Critics Choice, Golden Globe and BAFTA TV nomination.  

 Daisy had her feature film debut in FRESH (2022), directed by Mimi Cave. The social thriller will portray the discomfort and fear women face daily as their bodies are commodified by society, in a raucous comedy. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and is available to stream on Hulu in the US and Disney + in the UK.  

In July 2022 Daisy starred in the film adaption of Delia Owens’ novel WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, as the titular role of Kya. The film is written by Lucy Alibar, directed by Olivia Newman and produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter’s Hello Sunshine. The film was a box office success, grossing over $140 million worldwide on a $24 million budget.  

Daisy can also be seen in her leading role in the limited series UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN (FX/Hulu), which premiered in the US in the summer of 2022, opposite Andrew Garfield. The series hails from writer Dustin Lance Black and is based on the Jon Krakauer novel of the same name. In the series, a devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government. Daisy was then nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in this limited series.    

In February of 2020 Daisy appeared as Zara in Mike Barlett’s ALBION, at the Almeida Theatre. The play returned following a sell-out run in 2017 and was later dubbed The Telegraph’s ”Play of the Year”. In 2019, she shot an independent coming-of-age feature film POND LIFE which was directed by Bill Buckhurst and produced by Open Palm Films.  

Daisy’s further TV credits include SILENT WITNESS (BBC), OUTNUMBERED: Christmas Special (BBC), and GENTLEMAN JACK (HBO/BBC). In 2019, Daisy was seen in WAR OF THE WORLDS (CANAL PLUS) opposite Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern with the highly anticipated second season released in 2021, and the third season released in 2022.