Dakota Blue Richards
Known For
Acting
Born
1994-04-11 in Chelsea, London, England, UK
Biography
Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter and Kendal for the role of Lyra Belacqua in the adaptation of 'His Dark Materials: Northern Lights' to the film 'The Golden Compass (2007)'. In June 2006, twelve-year-old Dakota, a Londoner schoolgirl, was awarded the part after the casting directors' took a shine to her in the Cambridge auditions. Her mother is an American anthropologist.
Most Known For
Endeavour
as WPC Shirley Trewlove
Skins
as Franky Fitzgerald
Skins
as Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Today
as Self
The Golden Compass
as Lyra Belacqua
Beecham House
as Margaret Osbourne
The Secret of Moonacre
as Maria Merryweather
Dustbin Baby
as April
Lightfields
as Eve
The Quiet Hour
as Sarah
ChickLit
as Zoe
The Fold
as Eloise Ashton
Girl Power
as Cass
Five Miles Out
as Cass
What The Butler Saw
as Geraldine
Each Coming Night
as Gwen