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Everyone who has seen the movie "Jurassic Park" probably remembers Ariana Richards - the young actress who played Lexi Murphy. Ariana began her career in 1987 by appearing on the sitcom The Golden Girls. In total, this talented actress has more than twenty films and series in the filmography.
TV career
Ariana first appeared on screen in 1987 on Suzanne Harris' hit sitcom The Golden Girls. A year later, the actress played the role of Morgan in another famous sitcom - "My Sister Sam" (episode "Life, Death and Admiral Andy").
Ariana's most famous television role was in the 1991 drama Changed at Birth. The film tells about the difficult fate of two girls who were mixed up in the hospital. When one of them (Arlene) falls seriously ill, tests reveal that the girl is not the biological daughter of the couple who raised her. The treatment fails and Arlene dies. The parents who lost her start searching for their biological daughter. She turns out to be 9-year-old Kimberly Mays (ArianaRichards), who is raised by a poor widower Robert. He has lost everything in this life, and Kimberly is the only thing he has left.
The picture "Switched at birth" was highly appreciated by critics. It even received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding TV Movie.
In the same 1991, the actress got a role in the television drama Locked Up: Mother's Fury. For her performance as Kelly Gallagher in this film, Ariana was awarded the Young Artist Award for Best TV Actress.
Movie career
In 1990, Ariana played the role of Mindy Sterngood in the horror film Tremors. The film gained worldwide popularity, although reviews from critics were mixed. In the wake of the popularity of the first film, four sequels were made. In one of them, the third, Ariana Richards appeared as an older Mindy Sterngood.
In 1992, the fantastic film "The Wonderful Ride" directed by Daffyd Tui was released in wide release. The protagonist of the picture, Ben Wilson, is a widower who alone is raising his daughter Hilary. Ben owns a small hotel, his life is ordinary and calm. Neither father nor daughter expects real time travelers to soon settle in their small hotel.
Ben Wilson is played by Jeff Daniels and Hilary is played by Ariana Richards. David Twohy's films were then little known, and "Remarkable Ride" did not gain much popularity.
In 1993, the actress played the most important role in her film career - the roleLexi Murphy in the fantastic blockbuster "Jurassic Park" by Steven Spielberg. The picture received many prestigious film awards and collected more than a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. Ariana herself for the successful performance of the role of Lexi Murphy was nominated for the Saturn Award as the best young actress.
In the second part of the Lexi Murphy franchise, Ariana Richards also played, but in this film her role was episodic.
Private life
Since 2001, Ariana has hardly acted in films, she has devoted herself to music and the visual arts. Ariana Richards is a professional impressionist painter. Most of all she likes to paint landscapes.
In 2013, Ariana married Mark Bolton. The couple currently live in Salem, Oregon.
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