Femi Taylor (born 8 April 1961) is a Niger-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 Taylor lives in Odense, Denmark, has two children and is married to Claus Skytte Kamper. Filmography Film Television References External links TheForce.Net - Interview with Femi Taylor 2021 interview Living people British film actresses English female dancers Nigerian female dancers Place of birth missing (living people) Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom British emigrants to Denmark Yoruba actresses 20th-century British actresses Black British actresses 1961 births 20th-century English women 20th-century English people Nigerian film actresses