Ariana Richards

Ariana Clarice Richards, an American artist and actress is also a painter. She is most famous for her role as Lex Murphy from the mega-hit film Jurassic Park. Richards, who won several Young Artist Awards when she was a child for her acting abilities she has since refocused her adult career on painting. Ariana Richards is a well-distinguished American artist and actress that has gained a lot of attention since she appeared as the main character Lex Murphy in Jurrasic Park in 1993. The awards she has received include her winning the Bambi Award for Young Artist and Favorite Actress from the United Kingdom of Australia, and Favorite Film Newcomer in Japan. Ariana started focusing her attention on her work after the year 2013. She has a large fanbase with over 50k Instagram fans. Skidmore College granted her an honorary diploma in Fine Art and Drama in the year 2001. Her studies in art continued at Art Center College of Design Pasadena California. Ariana got married to Mark Aaron Bolton a former soldier from the Irish Defence Forces turned stunt actor in January of 2013. They had their first child in the year 2015. The couple hasn't disclosed the name of their child. Ariana was born in California. Ariana also has an acting sister named Bethany. Darielle is her film producer father. Her first public appearance as a dancer at age seven, when she was seen on a commercial. Ariana's Italian origins originate from her maternal grandmother's lineage trace all the way back into Carlo Crivelli a well known Renaissance painter. Her family also includes fighter John L. Sullivan. In October 2005 she won the title of winner of the National Professional Oil Painting Competition which was organized by the American Artist publication. Ariana's first portrait of herself was done in watercolor, based on a scene taken from Jurassic Park. In the painting she holds an ice cube with an advancing raptor. In April 2012, she started a YouTube channel titled GalleryAriana, where she posted images of herself. She has also appeared in other movies such as Tremors, Spaced Invaders, Locked Up A Mother's Rage and Switched At Birth. Ariana is the owner of a horse dubbed Kindred Spirit.