Daisy Ridley could become the sixth Lara Croft actress

Having shot to fame as galactic heroine Rey in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," Daisy Ridley is now expressing her interest in playing archeological adventurer Lara Croft. Should she be offered the role, she'd be joining five other actresses to have held the part on screens big and small.

Virtually unknown until her selection for the cast of "Star Wars: Episode VII," Ridley had come up through a number of smaller roles in short films and on British TV.

Looking to the future, and talking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Empire Awards on March 20, Ridley confirmed that there "have been conversations" about the Croft role, appearing enthusiastic over the prospect.

"I'm waiting for someone to say 'I want you, let's do it," she elaborated, though noting that there was not yet a script for the film, an indicator that the project would be in its early stages.

She'd be taking over from Angelina Jolie, who played Croft in 2001 feature film "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and then again in 2003's "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life."

If Ridley does end up involved in a new raft of "Tomb Raider" films -- the current video game reboot has two entries under its belt -- she'll be joining not only Jolie but other actresses in portraying Lara Croft.

For, when Visa looked to capitalize on "Tomb Raider" interest with a 2003 advert, they turned to Sofia Vergara, a star in Latin America but nowhere near internationally renowned as the "Modern Family" actress is now.

After that, and with the franchise rejuvenated, British actress Keeley Hawes (now well praised for "Life on Mars" TV sequel "Ashes to Ashes") voiced Lara over a five-game run that spanned 2006's "Tomb Raider: Legend" up to 2014 spin-off "Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris," a departure from the first era of games which had instead relied upon specialist voiceover artists.

Ten years after her appearances in "Good Will Hunting," "Grosse Pointe Blank" and the English dub of Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke," Minnie Driver voiced Lara in 2007's multi-genre animated series "Revisioned: Tomb Raider." Unusually experimental, each new episode was rendered in a different cartoon style -- director Peter Chung had also been involved in "The Matrix" companion "The Animatrix."

And though Ridley is now being linked with Lara Croft's next theatrical outing, it was a different British actress, Camilla Luddington, who was asked to help bring the latest round of games to life.

Best known for "Grey's Anatomy," "True Blood" and "Californication," Luddington became a new version of Croft for 2013 video game reboot "Tomb Raider," again providing voiceover and motion capture for 2015 sequel "Rise of the Tomb Raider," and, presumably, for a third, should it emerge before this potential Ridley headliner gets underway.