25 Facts About Dakota Fanning

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

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Dakota Fanning rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film I Am Sam, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history.

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Dakota Fanning followed with more mature roles, playing Lewellen in Hounddog, Lily in The Secret Life of Bees, Cherie Currie in The Runaways and Jane in The Twilight Saga.

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Dakota Fanning has since portrayed Manson girl Squeaky Fromme in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and First Daughter Susan Ford in the Showtime biographical drama series The First Lady.

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Dakota Fanning is the elder sister of actress Elle Dakota Fanning; they were brought up as Southern Baptists.

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

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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:.

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

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

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In 2001, Dakota Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn in the movie I Am Sam, the story of a mentally challenged man who fights for the custody of his daughter.

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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.

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

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

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Dakota Fanning moved straight to another film without a break: Charlotte's Web, which she finished filming in May 2005 in Australia, and premiered on December 15,2006.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.