My Take
Ariana Richards is one of those people whose face is burned into pop culture history whether she gets full credit for it or not — she's Lex Murphy, the kid hacking the park systems while T. rexes and velociraptors are actively trying to eat her in Jurassic Park, and she absolutely nailed it at thirteen years old. That bathroom scene alone is iconic. What I genuinely find interesting about her story, though, is the path she took after: she stepped back from Hollywood, went to Skidmore College, and rebuilt herself as a fine artist. She's not coasting on nostalgia — she paints, she shows work, she runs her own gallery site. It's a quietly confident move, and I respect it more than another decade of chasing the child-star spotlight would have been.
Overview
Ariana Clarice Richards (born September 11, 1979) is an American painter and former actress. She is best known for her role as Lex Murphy in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Richards won several Young Artist Awards for her acting as a child, but as an adult has focused primarily on her art career.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ariana Richards
- Name (Japanese)
- アリアナ・リチャーズ
- Reading
- ありあな・りちゃーず
- Born
- December 11, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Healdsburg, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / painter / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Skidmore College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.