Dakota Blue Richards
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Golden Compass
as Lyra Belacqua 2007
The Secret of Moonacre
as Maria Merryweather 2009
The Quiet Hour
as Sarah 2016
ChickLit
as Zoe 2016
Five Miles Out
as Cass 2009
Dustbin Baby
as April 2008
The Fold
as Eloise Ashton 2014
Each Coming Night
as Gwen TBA
Girl Power
as Cass 2014