Person Details

Birthday: 1994-04-11 08:06:28

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Endeavour
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8

Endeavour

(2013) WPC Shirley Trewlove
The Golden Compass
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6

The Golden Compass

(2007) Lyra Belacqua
The Secret of Moonacre
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7

The Secret of Moonacre

(2009) Maria Merryweather
Lightfields
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7

Lightfields

(2013) Eve
Beecham House
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7

Beecham House

(2019) Margaret Osbourne
The Quiet Hour
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4

The Quiet Hour

(2016) Sarah
Dustbin Baby
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5

Dustbin Baby

(2008) April
The Fold
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5

The Fold

(2014) Eloise Ashton

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