And I don't let other people tell me what to do. Richards, who was a fan of the books from an early age and had seen the stage adaptation at The National Theatre, said of her character 'I feel like I can relate to her. Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter and Kendal for the role Richards was awarded the part after the casting directors Lucy Bevan and Fiona Weir took a shine to her at the Cambridge auditions. She made her professional acting debut age 12, starring alongside Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig as Lyra Belaqua in the film adaptation of Phillip Pullman's The Northern Lights (The Golden Compass). At school, she enjoyed drama, dance and the arts, was an active participant in school plays and attended a local amateur dramatics group in her spare time. The name Dakota Blue was inspired by her mother's time spent with Native Americans while studying and traveling in USA. She is of Prussian heritage on her Grandmother's side, and Irish on her father's. Dakota Blue Richards, was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in South Kensington, London but grew up in Brighton with her mother.
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