Birth information
11 April 1994 South Kensington, London, England, UK
How tall is Dakota Blue Richards?
1.67 m
Life Story of Dakota Blue Richards
Dakota Blue Richards, was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in South Kensington, London but grew up in Brighton with her mother. She is of Prussian heritage on her Grandmother's side, and Irish on her father's. The name Dakota Blue was inspired by her mother's time spent with Native Americans while studying and traveling in USA. At school, she enjoyed drama, dance and the arts, was an active participant in school plays and attended a local amateur dramatics group in her spare time.
She made her professional acting debut age 12, starring alongside Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig as Lyra Belaqua in the film adaptation of Phillip Pullman's The Northern Lights (The Golden Compass). Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter and Kendal for the role; Richards was awarded the part after the casting directors Lucy Bevan and Fiona Weir took a shine to her at the Cambridge auditions. Richards, who was a fan of the books from an early age and had seen the stage adaptation at The National Theatre, said of her character 'I feel like I can relate to her. I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself. And I don't let other people...
Significant features of Dakota Blue Richards
Large, wide brown eyes
What movies did Dakota Blue Richards play or participate?
Actors Filmography
Beecham House (2019) Margaret Osborne, 52 Story Minutes (2018) Blue, Endeavour (2018) WPC Shirley Trewlove, ChickLit (2016) Zoe, Girl Power (2014) Cass, The Quiet Hour (2014) Sarah, The Fold (2013) Eloise Ashton, Lightfields (2013) Eve, Skins (2012) Franky Fitzgerald, Five Miles Out (2009) Cass, Dustbin Baby (2008) April, Das Geheimnis der Mondprinzessin (2008) Maria Merryweather, The Golden Compass (2007) Lyra Belacqua, The Golden Compass (2007) Lyra,
Selfs Filmography
Sunday Brunch (2018) Herself - Guest, Central Tonight (2018) Herself -...
