14 Facts About Ariana Richards

Ariana Clarice Richards was born on September 11,1979 and is an American painter and former actress.

Ariana Richards is best known for her role as Lex Murphy in the blockbuster film Jurassic Park.

Ariana Richards made her acting debut in an episode of The Golden Girls in 1987; later that year she made her big-screen bow in Into the Homeland, a made-for-cable release that starred Powers Boothe.

Ariana Richards had a supporting role as Carol Wetherby in Prancer.

Ariana Richards appeared as Mindy Sterngood in the first Tremors, film and reprised her role in the second sequel Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, which went straight-to-video.

Ariana Richards portrayed Lex Murphy in the first Jurassic Park film; she reprised the role briefly in the sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Ariana Richards has been featured in other films such as Angus, where she played a high school cheerleader; she appeared on television episodes of The Golden Girls, Empty Nest and Boy Meets World.

Ariana Richards appeared in the September 2006 issue of the British movie magazine Empire discussing a possible return to acting.

Ariana Richards starred in the 2013 film Battledogs, shot in Buffalo, New York.

On December 17,1993, Ariana Richards released a CD album First Love on the Pony Canyon label in Japan.

Fifteen years later, Richards returned briefly to the world of music in September 2008 and released a cover version of David Foster's "The Prayer" in a duet with Chris M Allport, whom she has known since a young age.

In October 2005, Ariana Richards won first place in the National Professional Oil Painting Competition for the painting Lady of the Dahlias.

From an early age, Ariana Richards has been a keen artist, partaking in painting, sketching, and sculpting, alongside her acting career.

Ariana Richards's maternal grandmother, who was of Italian ancestry, was a descendant of Renaissance painter Carlo Crivelli.