Dakota Blue Richards is an English actress who is steadily making her mark in the entertainment industry. Like many children before her, she began her career very young as Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass. Soon after, she appeared in The Secret of Moonacre which helped her gain international recognition.

Her professional career, which includes appearances in Skins, Endeavour, ChickLit, Lightfields, and The Quiet Hour is quite impressive . She is also a prolific theater actress having acted in several plays during her career.

Biography & Age

Dakota Blue Richards was born on April 11, 1994 in South Kensington, London, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. After moving to Sussex, she went to Newlands School and St Paul’s Primary School where she participated in plays. After St Paul she studied at Blatchington Mill School and K-Bis Theater School in Brighton, where she learned jazz, tap, mime, stage combat and ballet.

When Dakota was nine, her mother read Philip Pullman’s book – Northern Lights (referred to as The Golden Compass in North America ) After watching the play in the National Theater, Dakota developed a desire to play Lyra Belacqua, one of main characters of the book.

In June 2006, Dakota Blue Richards’ career was launched with an audition for the role of Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass, the film adaptation of Northern Lights; her dream role. She auditioned with 10,000 other girls from Oxford, Exeter, Cambridge and Kendal. Phillip Pullman, the writer, and Chris Weitz, the director, cast her for the role. The fantasy adventure film, which had a budget of $180 million, ultimately grossed $372 million. For the film, Dakota Blue Richards filmed famous actors such as Daniel Craig, who played Lord Asriel, Nicole Kidman – who played Marisa Coulter, as well as Eva Green, Sam Elliott and Ian McKellen.

The filmmakers originally intended to make The Golden Compass a franchise like the Harry Potter film series, but sadly the idea was rejected as it was criticized for being anti-Catholic by the Catholic League in America. Recently, it was reported that the BBC may start a series of TV adaptation of the film. Dakota Blue Richards admitted that the role Lyra would be given to someone else would hurt her heart.

The young actress received critical acclaim for her performance in the film, which led her to take on more roles in widely recognized film and television projects.

Dakota Blue Richards next appeared in Moonacre’s Secret as lead character Maria Merryweather in 2008. Next, she landed roles in Dustin Baby as April Johnson, Five Miles Out as Cassey, Skins as Franky Fitzgerald, Fields of Light as Eve and The quiet hour like Sarah. As her career continued to develop, the British actress also appeared in ChickLit, Endeavour, Girlpower and The Fold.

Dakota Blue Richards is not just an on-screen actress, she has also appeared in several plays. She made her theatrical debut at the English Touring Theater with the play Arcadia where she played the character, Thomasina. She also appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire in 2015 and What the Butler Saw in 2017.

Parents, siblings

There is limited information about Dakota’s family, especially her father, but her mother’s name is Michaela Richards. Michaela, who is often called Mickey, is a graduate of the University of Sussex. For a time, her mother worked as a social worker specializing in drug rehabilitation. Although there isn’t enough information about Mickey Richards, one thing is certain: Mickey has always been supportive of his daughter’s career and has a close relationship.

For Dakota Blue Richard’s father, no one knows his identity, not even the actress herself, as the space on his birth certificate for the father’s name remains blank. However, according to some rumors, he received the nickname “Blue”, which explains the middle name of the actress.

As mentioned earlier, there is not much information available about Dakota Blue Richards’ family. Nevertheless, it is known that the actress has a half-sister named Maya Richards.

Maya is Dakota’s only sibling listed on the record and there is no record of the actress having another sibling.

Body measurements

It’s no surprise to hear that Dakota BlueRichards also worked as a model when you consider the fact that she’s in incredible shape. Dakota is 5ft 5in and weighs 57kg. She maintains he

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