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Dakota Blue Richards is a British actress born on April 11, 1994, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Chelsea, London. She is a female actor who began her work period in 2006. Her notable works include the films and television series *The Golden Compass* and *Skins*.
Richards is an English person who speaks and writes British English. She has brown hair and is a citizen of the United Kingdom. Her birth name is Dakota Blue Richards.
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Film & TV
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- What The Butler Saw — Geraldine2020
- Beecham House — Margaret Osbourne2019
- The Quiet Hour — Sarah2016
- ChickLit — Zoe2016
- The Fold — Eloise Ashton2014
- Girl Power — Cass2014
- Lightfields — Eve2013
- Endeavour — WPC Shirley Trewlove2013
- The Secret of Moonacre — Maria Merryweather2009
- Five Miles Out — Cass2009
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1994-04-11 ) 11 April 1994 (age 32) , Chelsea , London , England , United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2006–present
- Partner
- Will Thomson
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Richards
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
- Notable work
- Skins
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Image
- Dakota Blue Richards 2012 (Headshot).jpg
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- Dakota Blue Richards
- date of birth
- 1994-04-11
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- name in native language
- Dakota Blue Richards
- ethnic group
- English people
- writing language
- British English
- birth name
- Dakota Blue Richards
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Encyclopedic overview
Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Her film debut at the age of 13 was in The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua. Other lead roles include the wayward teenager April in Dustbin Baby and Maria in the 2009 film The Secret of Moonacre. In 2011, she played Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation cast of British teen drama Skins. She has also played roles in television, film and on stage.
Early life and education
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