Acting
Dakota Blue Richards
EN cinema · 10 credits
Born
11 April 1994 (age 32)
Birthplace
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also known as داکوتا بلو ریچاردز
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
Filmography
Each Coming Night
as Gwen, Director, Writer, Producer
What The Butler Saw
as Geraldine
The Quiet Hour
as Sarah
ChickLit
as Zoe
The Fold
as Eloise Ashton
Girl Power
as Cass
The Secret of Moonacre
as Maria Merryweather
Five Miles Out
as Cass
Dustbin Baby
as April
The Golden Compass
as Lyra Belacqua