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Dakota Blue Richards

Acting Born Apr 11, 1994 Chelsea, London, England, UK 16 credits

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.

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Known for

Skins

as Franky Fitzgerald

Endeavour

as WPC Shirley Trewlove
Film

Die Hard

as Self

Full filmography

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