Career History

From Past to Present (Updated April 20th 2003)

At the tender young age of 7, Ms. Richards was introduced to the entertainment industry when she modeled clothing in a Mother's Day print advertisment for a mall. She "thought it was the most exciting experience, and afterwards wanted to do anything that had to do with being on camera."

Before long, she landed her first on-screen assignment as a ballerina in a hair-salon commercial, and an acting role in the long-running television series, "THe Golden Girls". The more significant assignments she undertook in her youth were "Switched at Birth" (1991), "Locked Up: A Mother's Rage" (1992), and of course, "Jurassic Park" (1993). For the former two movies, she obtained two consecutive "Best Young Actress in Television Movies" awards.

In 1993, Ms Richards received the "Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture" award for her role in "Jurassic Park". The highest-grossing film for the years 1993-1997, "Jurassic Park" shot Ms. Richards to international fame. Ms. Richards has since acted and cameoed in several other movies such as "Angus" (1995), "Born Free: A New Adventure (1996), "The Princess Stallion" (1997), "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" (1997) and "Race Against Fear" (1998).

Ms. Richards' latest movie, "Tremors III: Back to Perfection" (2001) was released on the 2nd of October 2001. "Tremors III" is the third installment in the cult monster trilogy that began in 1990 with "Tremors". Ms. Richards reprised her role as "Mindy Sterngood", a character she played in the first installment.

Ms. Richards is currently working as an artist. To view some of her works, you may visit her online art gallery, "Gallery Ariana" by clicking here.

Film and Television (1987 - Present)

#	Title	Directed By	Date Released	Character Name
26.	Tremors III: Back to Perfection	Brent Maddock	Oct 2nd 2001	Mindy Sterngood
25.	Race Against Fear #	Joseph L. Scanlan	Sep 7th 1998	Mickey Carlyle
24.	The Princess Stallion	Mark Haber	Nov 1997	Sarah Stewart
23.	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	May 23rd 1997	Lex Murphy
22.	Total Security; ep. "Who's Poppa?"	Duane Clark	Nov 8th 1997	Karen Dieboldt *
21.	Boy Meets World; ep. "Dangerous Secret"	Jeff McCracken	Nov 8th 1996	Clara Ferguson *
20.	Born Free: A New Adventure	Tommy Lee Wallace	Apr 27th 1996	Val Porter
19.	Angus #	Patrick Read Johnson	Sep 15th 1995	Melissa Lefevre
18.	Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	Jun 11th 1993	Lex Murphy
17.	Grand Tour: Disaster in Time #	David Twohy	May 9th 1992	Hillary Wilson
16.	Capitol Critters; ep. "A Little Romance"	Gordon Hunt	Feb 15th 1992	- Voice Over - *
15.	Walter and Emily	John Rich	1992	Shelly *
14.	Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore #	Delbert Mann	Jan 19th 1992	Nancy Cobb
13.	Locked Up: A Mother's Rage #	Bethany Rooney	1992	Kelly Gallagher
12.	Switched At Birth	Waris Hussein	Apr 28th 1991	Kimberly Mays (9-11)
11.	Tremors	Ron Underwood	May 1990	Mindy Sterngood
10.	Island Son	- unknown -	1990	Tess Delaney **
09.	Empty Nest; ep. "Harry Snubs Laverne"	Steve Zuckerman	Sep 30th 1990	Phoebe Swenson
08.	Spaced Invaders	Patrick Read Johnson	Sep 19th 1990	Kathy Hoxley
07.	The Incident #	Joseph Sargent	Mar 4th 1990	Nancy Cobb
06.	Prancer	John D. Hancock	Nov 1989	Carol Wetherby
05.	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	Keenen Ivory Wayans	Dec 1988	Little Girl
04.	Into the Homeland	Lesli Linka Glatter	Dec 26th 1987	Ember Swallow (5-7)
03.	My Sister Sam	Peter Baldwin	1987	- unknown - *
02.	Days of Our Lives	- unknown -	1987	Nina *
01.	The Golden Girls ep. "And Then There Was One"	Terry Hughes	Jan 31st 1987	Lisa *
???	Face of the Enemy(?)	Tony Richardson(?)	- unknown -	- unknown -

Guest Appearance

Series Regular

Films known to possess multiple screen names:

Name (United States)	Other Known Names
Race Against Fear	Broken Silence (United Kingdom); Sin of Silence (Working)
Angus	Angus: Voll Cool (Germany)
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time	The Grand Tour (United States); Timescape (United Kingdom)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore	Against Her Will (United Kingdom)
Locked Up: A Mother's Rage	The Other Side of Love (United Kingdom)
The Incident	Incident at Lincoln's Bluff (United States)

Commercials (1986 - Present)

#	Title	For	Approximate Date	Character
02.	Cinnammon Toast Crunch	General Mills Cereals	1988	Little Girl
01.	Fantastic Sam's	Hair Salon Chain	Late 1986 - Early 1987	Ballerina

Theater and Recordings (Early 1990s - Present)

#	Title	By	Released	Type	Comments
04.	Brick	Ben Folds Five	Spring 1997	Music Video	Played a pregnant teenager who had an abortion
03.	I Think I Love You	Joey Carbone	February 18th 1994 #	3" Compact Disc	PCDY-00123; 4 Tracks (2 Songs, 2 Karaoke mixes)
02.	First Love	Joey Carbone	December 17th 1993	Compact Disc	PCCY-00510; 7 Tracks (6 Songs, 1 Spoken message)
01.	Jake's Women	Neil Simon	1992(?)	Stage	Played Young Molly

#	Supposedly re-released on February 17th 1996, according to a note on the 1994 CD's packaging.

Awards Won

#	Award	Work	Year
07.	Favourite Newcomer, Japan	Jurassic Park	1994
06.	Favourite Newcomer, Australia	Jurassic Park	1994
05.	Favourite Newcomer, United Kingdom	Jurassic Park	1994
04.	The Bambi Award	Jurassic Park	1993
03.	International Youth In Film: Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture	Jurassic Park	1993
02.	International Youth In Film: Best Young Actress in a Television Movie	Locked Up: A Mother's Rage	1992
01.	International Youth In Film: Best Young Actress in a Television Movie	Switched At Birth	1991

Other Works

In mid-2001, Ms. Richards hosted a short feature showcasing the special-effects behind the production of Jurassic Park III. This video was put up for general viewing on the Jurassic Park III official site. A copy of the 14.1MB video in Quicktime format can also be obtained from Scifi/Lunatic's Ariana Richards Archives.

As a professional graphics artist, Ms. Richards has also worked on several art pieces. A lithograph of one, "Raptor Vision", was made available to public in 2001. The limited edition work measures 19" x 25" and is not framed. Only 1000 pieces were made. Retail price for the artwork is US$150.00 excluding shipping. The package includes a numbered Certificate of Authencity signed by Ms. Richards and her mother, an autographed picture of Ms. Richards, as well as a short write-up on Ms. Richards' background as an artist. The lithograph is no longer available for purchase at this point of time. We will post a notice here if it should become available again in the future.