Daisy Ridley reveals Graves’ disease diagnosis

Ridley realised she had been feeling particularly irritable, she said.

“It was funny. I was like, oh, I just thought I was annoyed at the world, but turns out everything is functioning so quickly, you can’t chill out.”

She told the magazine that women should not be prepared to accept feeling unwell.

“We all read the stats about women being undiagnosed or underdiagnosed and [it’s about] sort of coming to terms with saying, ‘I really, actually don’t feel good’ and not going, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine.’

“It’s just normalised to not feel good.”

Graves’ disease is related to an overactive thyroid and is “much less severe than what a lot of people go through”, Ridley said.

But she added: “Even if you can deal with it, you shouldn’t have to. If there’s a problem, you shouldn’t have to just [suffer through it].”

After getting her diagnosis almost a year ago and making other lifestyle and diet changes, she said she became aware of the difference they had made.

“I didn’t realise how bad I felt before,” she said. “Then I looked back and thought, How did I do that?”

The British actress is known for appearing in Star Wars films including The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, as well as the recent dramas Magpie and Young Woman and The Sea.