28 Facts About Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on February 23,1994 and is an American actress.

Dakota Fanning's accolades include nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Dakota Fanning received recognition at the age of seven for starring in the drama film I Am Sam, being nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and becoming the youngest nominee in SAG history.

Dakota Fanning then starred in the miniseries Taken, and in the films Uptown Girls, Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, Charlotte's Web, The Secret Life of Bees, and Coraline.

Dakota Fanning transitioned to mature roles with The Twilight Saga and the independent films The Runaways, Now Is Good and Effie Gray.

Dakota Fanning appeared in films such as Ocean's 8, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and The Equalizer 3, and the television series The Alienist, The First Lady and The Perfect Couple.

When Dakota Fanning was a small child, she was an actress at the Towne Lake Arts Center in Woodstock, Georgia, starring in small plays.

Dakota Fanning's first significant acting job was a guest role in the NBC prime-time drama ER, which remains one of her favorite roles:.

Dakota Fanning then had several guest roles on television series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, and Spin City.

Dakota Fanning portrayed the title characters of Ally McBeal and The Ellen Show as young girls.

In 2001, Dakota Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and her younger sister Elle Dakota Fanning in the film I Am Sam, as the daughter of a mentally challenged man who fights for custody of her.

In 2004, Dakota Fanning appeared in Man on Fire as Pita, a nine-year-old who wins over the heart of a retired mercenary hired to protect her from kidnappers.

Dakota Fanning completed filming on Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story in late October 2004.

Dakota Fanning then went on to star in War of the Worlds, starring alongside Tom Cruise.

Dakota Fanning plays Anne Hagen, a girl who witnesses her father's murder and who turns to religion in the aftermath.

In January 2008, Dakota Fanning began filming the film adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees, a novel by Sue Monk Kidd.

However, when Dakota Fanning heard that she would be required to shave her head for the role, she dropped out of the film as then did Elle.

Dakota Fanning played Jane, a member of the Volturi Guard, in New Moon and reprised the role in Eclipse, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer.

Dakota Fanning's voice was heard in Rise, a documentary film commissioned by US Figure Skating to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the crash of Sabena Flight 548 which resulted in the loss of the entire American team and subsequent cancellation of the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships.

Dakota Fanning read a poem written by US national champion Laurence Owen that was said to be an eerie premonition of the afterlife.

In July 2016, it was announced Dakota Fanning was cast in a film adaptation of The Bell Jar as Esther Greenwood.

In 2017, Dakota Fanning starred in Neill Blomkamp's Zygote as part of Blomkamp's series of experimental short films released through Oats Studios.

Dakota Fanning had a cameo role in the heist comedy Ocean's 8, which was released in 2018.

In 2019, Dakota Fanning played Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, for which she and the cast of the film were nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

In March 2023, Dakota Fanning was cast to star in the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple.

Dakota Fanning starred in The Equalizer 3, reuniting with Denzel Washington.

In January 2025, Dakota Fanning was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Netflix series Ripley as Marge Sherwood.

In June 2011, Dakota Fanning graduated from Campbell Hall School in Studio City, California, where she participated on the varsity spirit cheerleading squad and was twice voted homecoming queen.