
Dakota Blue Richards
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 11, 1994
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography

Each Coming Night TBA
as Gwen, Writer, Director, Producer

What The Butler Saw 2020
as Geraldine

ChickLit 2016
as Zoe

The Quiet Hour 2016
as Sarah

Girl Power 2014
as Cass

The Fold 2014
as Eloise Ashton

Five Miles Out 2009
as Cass

The Secret of Moonacre 2009
as Maria Merryweather

Dustbin Baby 2008
as April

The Golden Compass 2007
as Lyra Belacqua
Credits from TMDB.