Dakota Blue Richards Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Her debut was in the film The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua. She was also cast as the lead of two other films, Dustbin Baby and The Secret of Moonacre, the latter of which was released February 2009. She also played the character Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation of the E4 teen drama Skins.
Full Name
Dakota Blue Richards
Net Worth
$250,000
Date Of Birth
April 11, 1994
Place Of Birth
South Kensington, London, England, UK
Height
1.68 m, 1.68 m
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor, Actor
Education
Brighton College, Brighton College
Nationality
British, British
Parents
Michaela Richards, Michaela Richards
Siblings
Maya Richards, Maya Richards
Nicknames
Dakota Blue Richards, Richards, Dakota Blue
IMDB
Nominations
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actress, BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actress
Movies
ChickLit, The Quiet Hour, The Fold, Dustbin Baby, The Secret of Moonacre, The Golden Compass, Girl Power, ChickLit, Girl Power, The Quiet Hour, The Fold, Dustbin Baby, The Secret of Moonacre, The Golden Compass
TV Shows
Skins, Skins
Star Sign
Aries
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They had stuffed cats you had to pick up and hold. It was like, 'Ewww.' And me being a vegetarian, and I don't wear fur - I'd come home smelling of dead cats!
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I figured if I did something wrong, they'd be, like, 'Oh my God, why are we working with her?' But they were really nice. (on co-stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig)
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I walked past the cinema on the way here, and there's a 'coming soon' poster for the film. It's not a particularly big picture of me, which is good because if it was massive I'd be scared and feel like I could never go to my local cinema again.
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One of the things Nicole taught me was, no matter what happens in a scene, you carry on even if you fall in a dustbin. If you get out of the bin and just carry on they might end up cutting it and using part of that scene anyway. But thankfully that's never happened to me.
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Daniel is very funny and really nice but he does swear a lot. So we had a swear box and he had to put in £1 every time he said a naughty word. By the end he owed me £55.
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"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 tell me what to do. Well, unless it's my mum." - Talking about Lyra, her character from The Golden Compass.
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Fact
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In 2008, Dakota Blue attended a two-week camp at Lake District organized by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The Commission's aim was to bring together teenagers from different backgrounds to discuss discrimination.
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Dakota Blue backs The Young Actors Group, a Brighton-based acting school that opened in 2014. This acting school gives children and teenagers the training to work professionally on stage and screen.
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Dakota Blue suffered bullying after dyeing her hair red for her role in the movie The Golden Compass.
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In her free time Dakota loves to make art, especially abstract and modern art.
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Has often declared herself a big fan of Lady Gaga.
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In 2013, Dakota Blue Richards was modeling for "Immortal Sorapol" AW13; it was a commercial-based shoot for a new London-based fashion brand.
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In 2011 Dakota Blue Richards posed naked for Oceans 2012, a campaign against overfishing.
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Since 2010 she has supported Action For Children, the first charity in the UK to help vulnerable youth break through injustice and deprivation.
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Dakota Blue now resides in Brighton, UK.
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Is of German descent (through her grandmother).
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Dakota's father's nickname was Blue.
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Her mother is a social worker.
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Became a fan of The Golden Compass at the age of nine.
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Has a dog named Pete.
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Has a half sister called Maya.
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Hadn't read "The Little White Horse" before she was cast in the movie adaptation (The Secret of Moonacre (2008)) but read it on a flight to Hungary, where she would film the movie.
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Her dream role is as Alice in "Alice in Wonderland", and she was originally going to audition for Alice in Wonderland (2010) but found out later that director Tim Burton wanted an adult actress.
At the age of 13, she was cast in The Secret of Moonacre (2008) through an audition that lasted for merely one day. By the premiere of the Golden Compass, the Secret of Moonacre had already been filmed.
The makers of The Golden Compass (2007) sent Philip Pullman(Author of His Dark Materials trilogy) footage of their 40 favored girls who'd auditioned for the role of Lyra. He personally endorsed the two that he favored, one of them being Dakota Blue Richards.
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Before being awarded the role of 'Lyra' in The Golden Compass (2007), she was a fan of the His Dark Materials series, having read the books and gone to see the stage play in London.
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Her name, Dakota, is the name of a North American tribe who are native to the northern plains states of the USA.
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She had just come home grumpy from a bad day at school when The Golden Compass (2007) director Chris Weitz called her. Dakota's mother tried to put him on speaker phone, but accidentally hung up on him. Weitz called back and informed them of the good news.
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Traveled from her home in Brighton to Cambridge for the Lyra auditions under one condition: that she wouldn't be too upset if she was passed over.
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Her mother is an American anthropologist.
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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.
