Ten thousand girls turned up for open auditions in Cambridge, Oxford,
Exeter and Kendal for the role of Lyra Belacqua in the adaptation of
'His Dark Materials: Northern Lights'. In June 2006, twelve-year-old
Dakota, a Londoner schoolgirl, was awarded the part after the casting
directors took a shine to her in the Cambridge auditions.
"I feel like I can relate to her. I like to think I'm quite brave. I
stand up for myself. And I don't let other people tell me what to do.
Well, unless it's my mum." - Talking about Lyra, her character from A Bússola de Ouro (2007).
