Dakota Blue Richards

​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'. 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.

Born:

Apr 11, 1994 In Brighton, East Sussex, England

Movie/TV Credits:

11

First Appeared:

In the series Today 1952-01-14

Latest Project:

Movie ChickLit 2016-09-02