Dakota Blue Richards

Dakota Blue Richards was born on the 11th April 1994 in South Kensington in London.
She played April Johnson in Jacqueline Wilson's Dustbin Baby alongside Juliet Stevenson and David Haig and was also in The Secret of Moonacre as Maria Merryweather along with Ioan Gruffudd, Tim Curry and again starring opposite Juliet Stevenson.
Another role (the lead role) was in Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass as Lyra Belacqua (also known as Lyra Silvertongue) who is a young girl who inhabits a universe parallel to our own. The Golden Compass is from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and also stars Nicole Kidman, Eva Green and Daniel Craig.
Another role was in Five Miles Out as Cass with Thomas Malone and Dakota has also appeared as herself in the documentary entitled - Looking for Lyra: Casting Dakota Blue Richards.

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The Golden Compass review by A customer from London

Magic is back this Christmas 10 December 2007
...casting is near perfect and despite a slight high school play feeling at times, Dakota Blue Richards makes for a very convincing Lyra (and is in fact far less arrogant than she see...

Dakota Blue Richards - filmography

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The Secret of Moonacre on DVD (2009)
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry
Director: Gabor Csupo
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Set in the 1840's, the story follows Maria Merryweather, a 13 year old orphan on her journey to the mysterious Moonacre Manor in the beautiful West Country. But unbenownst to Maria she is the heir to an ancient line and only she can save the Moonacre estate from destruction.

Rate this: 67% from 3,449 members

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Dustbin Baby on DVD (2008)
Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Juliet Stevenson, David Haig
Director: Juliet May
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Based on the best selling book by Jacqueline Wilson. Dustbin Baby is the story of young a teen, April, who was found as a baby in a dustbin behind a pizza parlour. On her fourteenth birthday, following an argument with her foster mother, April sets out to find out where she comes from. The journey ..read more »

Rate this: 68% from 641 members

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Secret Of Moonacre, The - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
Starring: Tim Curry, Juliet Stevenson, Dakota Blue Richards
Director: Gabor Csupo
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In THE SECRET OF MOONACRE, an orphan girl inherits a book of family secrets that will shape her destiny forever. As the only remaining Moon Princess, thirteen-year-old Maria Merryweather (Dakota Blue Richards) is charged with saving her family's crumbling country estate, Moonacre Manor, from being ..read more »

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Golden Compass, The - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig
Director: Chris Weitz
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In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Rate this: 63% from 843 members

The Golden Compass on DVD (2007)
Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig
Director: Chris Weitz
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In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Rate this: 64% from 63,284 members

Dakota Blue Richards facts

5 most recent films

The Secret of Moonacre - 3.5 stars
Dustbin Baby - 3.5 stars
Secret Of Moonacre, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Golden Compass, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Golden Compass - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dustbin Baby - 3.5 stars
The Secret of Moonacre - 3.5 stars
The Golden Compass - 3.0 stars
Golden Compass, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Secret Of Moonacre, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Secret Of Moonacre, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Golden Compass, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Golden Compass - 3.0 stars
The Secret of Moonacre - 3.5 stars
Dustbin Baby - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Juliet Stevenson - 3 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 3 times - show films
Eva Green - 3 times - show films
Daniel Craig - 3 times - show films
Ian McShane - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chris Weitz - 3 times - show films
Gabor Csupo - 2 times - show films
Juliet May - 1 times - show films

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