who plays lyra belacqua in the golden compass
Dakota Blue Richards Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994)[1] is an English actress. Her debut was in the film The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua.[2][3] She was cast as the lead of two other films: Dustbin Baby, as wayward teenager April, and The Secret of Moonacre, as Maria, the latter of which was released February 2009.[4] She also played the character Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation of the E4 teen drama Skins.[5]