
Femi Taylor

Femi Taylor (born April 8, 1961) is a Nigerien-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".
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.
Femi lives in Odense, Denmark, has two children and is married to Claus Skytte Kamper.