Dakota Blue Richards

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Golden Compass (2007) — Lyra Belacqua
2. Skins (2007) — Franky Fitzgerald
3. The Secret of Moonacre (2009) — Maria Merryweather
4. Endeavour (2013) — WPC Shirley Trewlove
5. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
6. The Quiet Hour (2016) — Sarah
7. Today (1952) — Self
8. Lightfields (2013) — Eve
9. Beecham House (2019) — Margaret Osbourne
10. ChickLit (2016) — Zoe
11. Five Miles Out (2009) — Cass
12. Dustbin Baby (2008) — April
13. The Fold (2014) — Eloise Ashton
14. Each Coming Night — Gwen
15. Girl Power (2014) — Cass
16. What The Butler Saw (2020) — Geraldine

Directed

1. Each Coming Night — Director