Ariana Richards

Ariana Clarice Richards is an American painter, actress and also a former actor. Her most famous role is as Lex Murphy, in the smash movie Jurassic Park. Richards was the recipient of the Young Artist Award in her role as a teenager actress and has since shifted her focus to her career as an artist. Ariana Richards is a well-distinguished American actress and painter who has been prominently known since her appearance in the leading role as Lex Murphy in Jurrasic Park in 1993. Many awards have been given to her, such as the Favorite Newcomer Award - Japan, United Kingdom Australia and Bambi Award. Ariana was able to focus more on her art after 2013. As time passed, she's accumulated an enormous fan base on Instagram with over fifty thousand users. She graduated with a distinction in the field of Fine Art and drama in 2001 at Skidmore College. In California she further studied the art of painting at Art Center College of Design Pasadena. Ariana tied the knot with Mark Aaron Bolton a former soldier from the Irish Defence Forces turned stunt artist in January 2013. They had their first child in 2015. The couple hasn't given the name of the child. Her birthplace was California. Ariana is also an actress sister, Bethany. Darielle is her father, a producer in film. In a TV commercial she was portrayed as a child ballerina in the age group of seven. Ariana's Italian heritage originates from her maternal grandmother and stretches back to Carlo Crivelli, a famous Renaissance painter. Also, she is a descendant of boxer John L. Sullivan. The month of October in 2005 saw her declared the winner of the National Professional Oil Painting Competition which was organized by American Artist publication. The first self-portrait that Ariana created was a watercolor drawing of her in a scene from the hit film Jurassic Park (1993) while holding a spoon with Jello as a raptor scurries towards her. On the 16th of April, 2012 she launched her YouTube channel named GalleryAriana, to which she uploads her artwork. In addition to Jurassic Park (1993) she was in a variety of noteworthy films, including Tremors (1990) Spaced Invaders (1990) Locked Up A Mother's Rage (1992) and Switched At Birth (1991). Ariana has a horse called Kindred Spirit.