Dakota Blue Richards Interview
Picked from an open casting call to play lead character Maria Merryweather in The Secret of Moonacre, teenager Dakota Blue Richards completes a remarkable double with this feat having been similarly selected to play Lyra in The Golden Compass in 2007.
The Secret of Moonacre is directed by Gabor Csupo and adapted from the Elizabeth Goudge’s much loved book The Little White Horse. In it orphaned 13 year old Maria is sent to live with her fearsome uncle... Read Full Story
Dakota Blue Richards (born April 11, 1994) is an English actress. Her debut was in the film The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua.She is also cast as the lead of another movie, The Secret of Moonacre, which was released February 2009.Before The Golden Compass was released, Richards had already been cast as the lead in another movie, The Secret of Moonacre, her second book-to-film adaption, in which she would play Maria Merryweather from the book 'The little White horse... Read Full Story
From The Argus : A Hollywood starlet has revealed how she suffered torment at the hands of school bullies because of her ginger hair. Brighton-based teenager Dakota Blue Richards attended St Paul's School in Brighton, Blatchington Mill School in Hove and KBis Theatre School in Brighton. She said fellow students picked on her after she dyed her hair red for her role in box office blockbuster The Golden Compass. Read More Read Full Story
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Youth Impact Report '08: 'Golden' girl -- For her very first film role in "The Golden Compass," 14-year-old Dakota Blue Richards had to look delicate but act feisty, sharing the screen with a talking bear and a malevolent monkey in an elaborate fantasy world.
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