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30 years old (Born on April 11, 1994)

British actress; She is famous from The Golden Compass, The Secret of Moonacre, Dustbin Baby, Five Miles Out.

u2022Dakota wants a dog more than anything (dakota.skyefairy.net) u2022Dakota`s mother gave up her job in order to accompany Dakota to the 8 month film shoot for The Golden Compass.
(dakota.skyefairy.net) u2022Dakota`s first interview was with Newsweek. Her mother sat beside her, with her publicist nearby. Dakota showed the interviewer the `Snoopy dance.`
(dakota.skyefairy.net) u2022Dakota lost the part of Mary in her school`s Nativity play. (dakota.skyefairy.net) u2022Dakota traveled from her home in Brighton to Cambridge for the Lyra auditions under one condition: that she wouldn`t be too upset when she was passed over (dakota.skyefairy.net)

u2022Dakota`s mother, Michaela (or `Mickey`), is a single mother. The two share a flat above a disused estate agency.
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u2022Her mother is a social worker.
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u2022Dakota kept a swear box on set of The Golden Compass because her co-star Daniel Craig swore so much. He had to put in u00a31 every time he swore, and by the time filming ended, he owed Dakota u00a355 (dakota.skyefairy.net)

u2022Dakota didn`t want to be an actress. She wanted to be Lyra.
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Once Dakota found out she got the part of Lyra, she "screamed a lot" and "did the Snoopy dance."

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u2022Before filming began, the Golden Compass producers arranged for Dakota to visit the Harry Potter film set and meet the cast.
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u2022The makers of The Golden Compass sent Philip Pullman (author of His Dark Materials trilogy) footage of their 40 favored girls who had auditioned for the role of Lyra. He personally endorsed the two that he favored, one of them being Dakota Blue.
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u2022Dakota Blue became a fan of His Dark Materials when she was 9 years old, and saw the stage version at the National Theatre a year later (dakota.skyefairy.net)

u2022She had just come home grumpy from a bad day at school when `The Golden Compass` director Chris Weitz called her. Dakota`s mother tried to put him on speaker phone, but accidentally hung up on him. Weitz called back and informed them of the good news.
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u2022Dakota beat out over 10,000 girls who went to the open casting calls in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter, and Kendal for the role of Lyra.
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