Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 11, 1994
Place of Birth:
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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Dakota Blue Richards
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | What The Butler Saw | Geraldine |
| 2016 | The Quiet Hour | Sarah |
| 2016 | ChickLit | Zoe |
| 2014 | The Fold | Eloise Ashton |
| 2014 | Girl Power | Cass |
| 2009 | The Secret of Moonacre | Maria Merryweather |
| 2009 | Five Miles Out | Cass |
| 2008 | Dustbin Baby | April |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Lyra Belacqua |
| Each Coming Night | Gwen |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Beecham House | Margaret Osbourne |
| 2013 | Lightfields | Eve |
| 2013 | Endeavour | WPC Shirley Trewlove |
| 2007 | Skins | Franky Fitzgerald |
| 2007 | Skins | Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 1952 | Today | Self |