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Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Her debut was in the film The...

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 is also cast as the lead of another movie, The Secret of Moonacre, which was released February 2009. Dakota Blue Richards was born in South Kensington, London, the daughter of Michaela Richards, a social worker. Her father's identity is not public; his name does not appear on her birth certificate and she was raised solely by her mother. She was named Dakota Blue because her mother wanted a combination of a place-name and a colour. Dakota was inspired by the Sioux tribe, with whom her mother had become friendly during a year in America; her mother also liked the fact that it was unusual as a name. Blue was Dakota's father's nickname, and her mother thought it went well with Dakota. The family moved to Brighton shortly after Richards was born, where she attended St Paul's Primary School. At weekends, she took drama classes and sometimes missed school to go to auditions. She was an active participant in class assemblies and school plays, but missed out on the part of Mary in the nativity play. At 11 she moved onto the nearby K-BIS