Dakota Blue Richards

Born: 1994-04-11

​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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The Golden Compass

as Lyra Belacqua
Released: 2007-12-04

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree...

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The Secret of Moonacre

as Maria Merryweather
Released: 2009-02-06

When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is...

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The Quiet Hour

as Sarah
Released: 2016-06-24

In a remote part of rural, post-apocalyptic England, now occupied by unseen alien invaders, a...

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The Fold

as Eloise Ashton
Released: 2014-03-28

Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter...

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ChickLit

as Zoe
Released: 2016-09-02

ChickLit is a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down....

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Dustbin Baby

as April
Released: 2008-12-21

The film follows the story of young teen April whose troubled life began in a dustbin - a new...

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Girl Power

as Cass
Released: 2014-08-09

It's 1997 and into a dizzy world of glamour and false promises comes Cass, a recent graduate....

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Five Miles Out

as Cass
Released: 2009-11-14

Cass is sent away on holiday with her cousins where she meets a boy on a secret mission. All the...

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What The Butler Saw

as Geraldine
Released: 2020-04-10

Dr Prentice, a psychiatric doctor in a private clinic, is attempting to interview – and seduce –...

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Endeavour

as WPC Shirley Trewlove
First aired: 2013-04-14

The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the...

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Skins

as Franky Fitzgerald
First aired: 2007-01-25

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable...

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Skins

as Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald
First aired: 2007-01-25

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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Today

as Self
First aired: 1952-01-14

Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on...

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Beecham House

as Margaret Osbourne
First aired: 2019-06-23

On the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi, we follow the fortunes of the residents of the titular...

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Lightfields

as Eve
First aired: 2013-02-27

The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time...

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