Femi Taylor

Short Biography

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.Her brother, Benedict Taylor, played fighter pilot Bravo 2 in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.Femi lives in London, has two children and is in a relationship with her Danish partner.