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Born on September 11, 1979, Ariana Richards is from Healdsburg, California, United States. Ariana Richards is a painter, television actor and film actor. The age as of 2026 is 47. Education on record includes Skidmore College.
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.
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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
- September 11, 1979 (age 47)
- Origin
- Healdsburg, California, United States
- Occupation
- actor / painter / television actor / film actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
2. Background
- University
- Skidmore College
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.galleryariana.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/arianarichards/
- Xhttps://x.com/galleryariana
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariana%20Richards
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264559
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ariana Richards born?
Ariana Richards was born on September 11, 1979 and is 47 years old.
Where is Ariana Richards from?
Ariana Richards is from Healdsburg, California, United States.
What does Ariana Richards do?
Ariana Richards works as actor, painter, television actor, film actor.
Where did Ariana Richards study?
Ariana Richards attended Skidmore College.
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