Ariana Richards

Ariana Clarice Richards, an American artist and actress is a painter. Her most well-known role was in the film, Lex Murphy, in the smash film Jurassic Park. Richards was awarded several Young Artist Awards for her performances as a child, however as an adult has focused primarily on her art career. Ariana Richards was a well-known American actor, painter and performer who gained notoriety after her character of Lex Murphy on Jurrasic Park. Ariana Richards has been awarded several awards including the title of Favorite Newcomer of Japan as well as United Kingdom Australia. She also won a Bambi Award, as well as a Young Artist Award. However after 2013 Ariana started to concentrate more on the creative side of her existence. In the years since, she has built an impressive fanbase which has surpassed 50k people on Instagram. Skidmore College granted her an Honorary Degree in Fine Art & Drama in 2001. In California, she later studied at Art Center College of Design Pasadena. Ariana was married to Mark Aaron Bolton a former soldier in the Irish Defence Forces turned stunt performer in January 2013. In January 2015, the couple welcomed their baby. The couple did not reveal its name in 2019. She was brought up in California. Ariana's sister Bethany is a professional actress as well. Darielle Garrison, her father, is the producer of film. The first time she appeared in public as a dancer at age 7 when she was featured in an advertisement. Ariana's Italian heritage from her maternal grandmother's side go back into Carlo Crivelli a well known Renaissance painter. Her family also includes the boxer John L. Sullivan. The Sullivan family was named the National Professional Oil Painting Competition winner in October of 2005. The competition was held by American Artist Magazine. Her first self-portrait was drawn in watercolor and as a reference to a scene of Jurassic Park. In the painting she holds a spoon of jello with the raptor in front of her. In April of 2012, she started a YouTube channel called GalleryAriana on where she uploaded her art. In addition to Jurassic Park, she's appeared in several other notable films like Tremors (1990), Spaced Invaders (90), Locked Up A Mother's Rage(1992) and Switched At Birth(1991). Ariana owns a horse which she names Kindred Spirit.