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Dakota Blue Richards

Dakota Blue Richards

Birthday: 1994-04-11 | Place of Birth: 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.

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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