Elena Satine

Dakota Blue Richards was born in England and is best-known for her roles as Lyra Belaqua on 'The Golden Compass' Franky Fitzgerald on the third series of British teenage drama Skins. The actress has also been engaged on stage and has performed in productions of plays like 'Arcadia' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Richards is a native of London who has a family in Sussex. She took a couple of acting classes at school, but mainly took training in acting at weekends. She also skipped school for auditions. Her debut appearance onscreen as an actor came in "The Golden Compass. The film was met with a lukewarm response, Richards received widespread positive praise regarding her performances. Her debut came in the year following on the screen in the movie Dustbin Baby.