"Silvertongue" redirects here. For the novel, see Stoneheart trilogy. For other uses, see Silver Tongue.
Fictional character
Lyra Silvertongue Lyra Belacqua
First appearance
Northern Lights
Last appearance
The Secret Commonwealth
Created by
Philip Pullman
Portrayed by
Dakota Blue Richards (film) Dafne Keen (TV series) Anna Maxwell Martin (stage) Elaine Symons (stage)
Voiced by
Jo Wyatt (audio) Lulu Popplewell (radio drama) Dakota Blue Richards (video game)
In-universe information
Gender
Female
Family
Lord Asriel (father) Marisa Coulter (mother)
Significant other
Will Parry (His Dark Materials) Malcolm Polstead (The Secret Commonwealth)
Age
Less than 1 (La Belle Sauvage) around 11–13 (His Dark Materials) 15 (Lyra's Oxford) 17–18 (Serpentine) 20 (The Secret Commonwealth)
Dæmon
Pantalaimon "Pan"
Special gifts
Ability to read the alethiometer (a rare truth-telling device) and to lie convincingly
Lyra Belacqua (/ˈlaɪrəbəˈlɑːkwə/LY-rə bə-LAH-kwə), later known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the heroine of Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. In His Dark Materials Lyra is a young girl who inhabits a universe parallel to our own. Brought up in the cloistered world of Jordan College, Oxford, she finds herself embroiled in a cosmic war between Lord Asriel on one side, and a deity figure known as The Authority and his Regent, Metatron, on the other. Lyra also features prominently in the subsequent trilogy The Book of Dust.
LyraBelacqua (/ˈlaɪrə bəˈlɑːkwə/ LY-rə bə-LAH-kwə), later known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the heroine of Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. In...
Amber Spyglass (2000). It follows the coming of age of two children, LyraBelacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes...
Pullman trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust. LyraBelacqua, later known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the central character of His Dark Materials...
debut at the age of 13 was in The Golden Compass, as the lead character LyraBelacqua. Other lead roles include the wayward teenager April in Dustbin Baby...
Critics' Choice Award and a Saturn Award. In 2019, she began starring as LyraBelacqua in the television series His Dark Materials, for which she was nominated...
trilogy His Dark Materials. The books further chronicle the adventures of LyraBelacqua and her battle against the theocratic organisation known as the Magisterium...
of Lyra, his life changed. Mrs Coulter's husband, Edward Coulter, attacked Lyra and her foster mother intending to harm and possibly murder Lyra. Lord...
Materials. It presents events prior to the arrival of the six-month-old LyraBelacqua at Jordan College, Oxford. The setting is a world dominated by the Magisterium...
Female Comedy Performance. Martin's theatre work includes the role of LyraBelacqua in the production of His Dark Materials (2003–2004) at the National...
Dark Materials trilogy. The novel continues the adventures of LyraBelacqua (now known as Lyra Silvertongue) recounted in the first novel, Northern Lights...
Daisy in the 2003 film Love Actually. On radio she played the part of LyraBelacqua in BBC Radio 4's 2003 dramatisation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials...
minor role as Mrs Lonsdale, the housemaid in The Golden Compass to LyraBelacqua. In 2007, Szubanski ventured into musical comedy, taking on the role...
parallel to our own and is the home of the trilogy's young heroine, LyraBelacqua. The location and layout of Jordan College is analogous to the location...
Compass soundtrack which made reference to the lead character, LyraBelacqua. The song, "Lyra", was played over the closing credits of the film, reached No...
physiognomy." In Philip Pullman's novel The Secret Commonwealth, the heroine LyraBelacqua carries a truncheon made from lignum vitae as a weapon. In Final Fantasy...
"wounded child" to "divine child") Damien from The Omen LyraBelacqua from His Dark Materials (Lyra also evolves throughout the story, as she undergoes a...
Cornelia Funke's Inkheart series Silvertongue, the surname earned by LyraBelacqua in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Silver Tongue (album), a 2020...
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