Dakota Blue Richards

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

17

Gender

Female

Birthday

1994-04-11 (31 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • داکوتا بلو ریچاردز

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.

Known For

The Golden Compass
6.1%

The Golden Compass

Dec 4, 2007

Skins
8.2%

Skins

Jan 25, 2007

Skins
8.2%

Skins

Jan 25, 2007

The Secret of Moonacre
6.5%

The Secret of Moonacre

Feb 6, 2009

Endeavour
8.1%

Endeavour

Apr 14, 2013

The Quiet Hour
4.4%

The Quiet Hour

Jun 24, 2016

Today
5.5%

Today

Jan 14, 1952

Lightfields
7.2%

Lightfields

Feb 27, 2013

Beecham House
6.8%

Beecham House

Jun 23, 2019

ChickLit
5.5%

ChickLit

Sep 2, 2016

Five Miles Out
5.7%

Five Miles Out

Nov 14, 2009

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Acting

Each Coming Night as Gwen
2020
What The Butler Saw as Geraldine
2019
Beecham House as Margaret Osbourne
2016
ChickLit as Zoe
2016
The Quiet Hour as Sarah
2014
Girl Power as Cass
2014
The Fold as Eloise Ashton
2013
Endeavour as WPC Shirley Trewlove
2013
Lightfields as Eve
2009
Five Miles Out as Cass
2009
The Secret of Moonacre as Maria Merryweather
2008
Dustbin Baby as April
2007
The Golden Compass as Lyra Belacqua
2007
Skins as Franky Fitzgerald
2007
Skins as Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
1952
Today as Self

Directing

Each Coming Night as Director

Writing

Each Coming Night as Writer
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