Femi Taylor
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Femi Taylor Template:Audio (born 8 April 1961) is a Nigerian-born British dancer and actress, best known for portraying Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in the 1983 motion picture Return of the Jedi.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
She is the sister of Benedict Taylor.
Career
Taylor portrayed the slave dancer Oola in Return of the Jedi, the last film of the original trilogy. She reprised the part fourteen years later, filming new scenes for the 1997 Special Edition release, and was the only performer from the original to do so. Because of this role, she appears at science fiction and Star Wars conventions around the world.
Taylor was cast as Tantomile in the 1981 original London production of the musical Cats, during which she learned she had been cast as Oola for Return of the Jedi. She appeared in the 1998 TV movie version of Cats as Exotica, a character that was created specially for her and exclusively for the film.
Personal life
Taylor lives in Odense, Denmark, has two children and is married to Claus Skytte.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Apple | Dancer | |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Oola | |
| 1987 | Playing Away | Masie | |
| 1990 | A Kink in the Picasso | Nadia | |
| 1991 | Flirting | Letitia Adjewa | |
| 1997 | Return of the Jedi Special Edition | Oola | |
| 1998 | Cats | Exotica |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Miracles Take Longer | Tracy Benedict | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | The Bill | Nurse | Episode: Loan Shark |
| ScreenPlay | Linda | Episode: Drums Along Balmoral Drive |
References
External links
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- TheForce.Net - Interview with Femi Taylor
- 2021 interview
- 1961 births
- Living people
- British film actresses
- English female dancers
- Nigerian female dancers
- Nigerian dancers
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- British expatriate dancers in Denmark
- British emigrants to Denmark
- Yoruba actresses
- 20th-century British actresses
- Black British actresses
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people
- Nigerian film actresses