---
name: "Dakota Blue Richards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dakota-blue-richards"
fi1m_id: "dakota-blue-richards"
imdb_id: "nm2301950"
tmdb_id: 45589
wikidata_id: "Q234585"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 April 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T19:53:56.308253+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dakota Blue Richards

## Identity

Dakota Blue Richards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dakota-blue-richards
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dakota-blue-richards
- **IMDb ID:** nm2301950
- **TMDB ID:** 45589
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234585
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Blue_Richards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2301950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45589

Actor. Born 11 April 1994 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 April 1994, Chelsea, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2007–2013
- **Also known as:** داکوتا بلو ریچاردز
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 63 (2), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $372m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Blue_Richards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2301950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45589

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Endeavour*](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Skins*](https://film.one/tv/skins.md) (72)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Golden Compass*](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. She made her film debut at the age of 13 as Lyra Belacqua in *The Golden Compass* (2007), selected after open auditions attended by around ten thousand girls.

Richards grew up in Brighton after being born in Chelsea, London. She played Franky Fitzgerald in the E4 teen drama *Skins* (2011–2012) and Maria Merryweather in *The Secret of Moonacre* (2009). Later television roles include WPC Shirley Trewlove in *Endeavour* (2016–2018). Her mother is an American anthropologist.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Endeavour* (2013), Fi1m 82, as WPC Shirley Trewlove — [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Franky Fitzgerald — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *The Golden Compass* (2007), Fi1m 54, as Lyra Belacqua — [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *What The Butler Saw* (2020), as Geraldine
- *Beecham House* (2019), series, as Margaret Osbourne
- *ChickLit* (2016), as Zoe
- *The Quiet Hour* (2016), as Sarah
- *Girl Power* (2014), as Cass
- *The Fold* (2014), as Eloise Ashton
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as WPC Shirley Trewlove — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Lightfields* (2013), series, as Eve
- *Five Miles Out* (2009), as Cass
- *The Secret of Moonacre* (2009), as Maria Merryweather
- *Dustbin Baby* (2008), as April
- *The Golden Compass* (2007), as Lyra Belacqua — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md)
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Franky Fitzgerald — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Each Coming Night*, as Gwen · Writer, Director, Producer

## Gallery

- ![A publicity still from Dustbin Baby showing April, played by Dakota Blue Richards. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-fe6265ab1361.jpg) A publicity still from Dustbin Baby showing April, played by Dakota Blue Richards. (2008) — Liam Daniel/Kindle Entertainment, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Dakota_Blue_Richards_%28Straighten_Colors%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A publicity still from Dustbin Baby showing April, played by Dakota Blue Richards. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-ddc3485cebab.jpg) A publicity still from Dustbin Baby showing April, played by Dakota Blue Richards. (2008) — Liam Daniel/Kindle Entertainment, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Dakota_Blue_Richards_%28Straighten_Crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dakota Blue Richards](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-a3325ba8eded.jpg) Dakota Blue Richards — Jack Alexander, jackalexanderphotography.co.uk/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Dakota_Blue_Richards_2012_%28Headshot%29.jpg/1280px-Dakota_Blue_Richards_2012_%28Headshot%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dakota Blue Richards as Shirley Trewlove on Endeavour TV series set, Merton Street, Oxford. Filming the Endeavour episode "Coda" (2016). (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-ae2623a1868e.jpg) Dakota Blue Richards as Shirley Trewlove on Endeavour TV series set, Merton Street, Oxford. Filming the Endeavour episode "Coda" (2016). (2015) — Kamyar Adl, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Dakota_Blue_Richards_as_Shirley_Trewlove_on_Endeavour_TV_series_set%2C_Merton_Street%2C_Oxford-20032904685.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dakota Blue Richards](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-d8b4cfd842cc.jpg) Dakota Blue Richards — Image via TMDB
- ![Dakota Blue Richards](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-6ffceb206406.jpg) Dakota Blue Richards — Image via TMDB
- ![Dakota Blue Richards](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-eab9ad9386ae.jpg) Dakota Blue Richards — Image via TMDB
- ![Portrait photograph of Dakota Blue Richards, photographed in 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-b5232e329ca3.jpg) Portrait photograph of Dakota Blue Richards, photographed in 2012. — Jack Alexander, jackalexanderphotography.co.uk/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Dakota_Blue_Richards_portrait%2C_2012.jpg/1280px-Dakota_Blue_Richards_portrait%2C_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dakota Blue Richards](https://film.one/media/person/101491/gallery-27e51b50a9c6.jpg) Dakota Blue Richards — Image via TMDB

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