About

Known credits:
14
Birthday:
1994-04-11
Place of birth:
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Website:
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Dakota Blue Richards

Overview

​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.

Known for

Acting
2020 What The Butler Saw Actor Geraldine N/A
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2019 Beecham House Actor Margaret Osbourne 69
Fair
2016 ChickLit Actor Zoe 58
Average
2016 The Quiet Hour Actor Sarah 58
Average
2014 Girl Power Actor Cass N/A
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2014 The Fold Actor Eloise Ashton 58
Average
2013 Lightfields Actor Eve 70
Good
2009 Five Miles Out Actor Cass 59
Average
2009 The Secret of Moonacre Actor Maria Merryweather 61
Fair
2008 Dustbin Baby Actor April 58
Average
2007 The Golden Compass Actor Lyra Belacqua 60
Fair
Each Coming Night Actor Gwen N/A
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Directing
Each Coming Night Directing Director N/A
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Writing
Each Coming Night Writing Writer N/A
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