Dakota Blue Richards
Birthday: 1994-04-11 | Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UKDakota 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2019
Beecham House
as Margaret Osbourne
2016
The Quiet Hour
as Sarah
2016
ChickLit
as Zoe
2014
The Fold
as Eloise Ashton
2013
Lightfields
as Eve
2009
The Secret of Moonacre
as Maria Merryweather
2008
Dustbin Baby
as April
2007
The Golden Compass
as Lyra Belacqua
