<P> 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 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 . She also played the character Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation of the E4 teen drama Skins . </P>
<P> 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 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 . She also played the character Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation of the E4 teen drama Skins . </P>
who plays lyra belacqua in the golden compass
who plays lyra belacqua in the golden compass
Dakota Blue Richards
Dakota Blue Richards