Dakota Blue Richards

Apr 11, 1994 (31 years old) in Chelsea, London, England, UK

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

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Skins

Franky Fitzgerald

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Endeavour

WPC Shirley Trewlove

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Lightfields

Eve

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Beecham House

Margaret Osbourne

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The Golden Compass

Lyra Belacqua

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The Secret of Moonacre

Maria Merryweather

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ChickLit

Zoe

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The Quiet Hour

Sarah

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The Fold

Eloise Ashton

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Girl Power

Cass

Credits

Each Coming Night Future

Gwen

★ NR
What The Butler Saw 2020

Geraldine

★ NR
Beecham House 2019

Margaret Osbourne

★ 6.8
ChickLit 2016

Zoe

★ 5.5
The Quiet Hour 2016

Sarah

★ 4.4
Girl Power 2014

Cass

★ NR
The Fold 2014

Eloise Ashton

★ 4.8
Endeavour 2013

WPC Shirley Trewlove

★ 8.1
Lightfields 2013

Eve

★ 7.2
Five Miles Out 2009

Cass

★ 5.7
The Secret of Moonacre 2009

Maria Merryweather

★ 6.5
Dustbin Baby 2008

April

★ 6.3
The Golden Compass 2007

Lyra Belacqua

★ 6.1
Skins 2007

Franky Fitzgerald

★ 8.1

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