43 Facts About Dakota Johnson

Dakota Mayi Johnson was born on October 4,1989 and is an American actress and producer.

Dakota Johnson had her breakthrough playing Anastasia Steele in the erotic romantic drama film series Fifty Shades, and she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination in 2016.

Dakota Johnson appeared in films such as the crime drama Black Mass, Luca Guadagnino's drama A Bigger Splash, the romantic comedy How to Be Single, the supernatural horror film Suspiria, the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale, the coming-of-age film The Peanut Butter Falcon, Maggie Gyllenhaal's psychological drama The Lost Daughter, and Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth.

Dakota Johnson was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.

Dakota Mayi Johnson was born on October 4,1989, at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, to actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.

Dakota Johnson's father was shooting the film The Hot Spot in Texas when she was born.

Dakota Johnson is a niece of actress Tracy Griffith and production designer Clay A Griffith.

Dakota Johnson attended the Aspen Community School for a time.

Dakota Johnson attended the Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, for her freshman year of high school before transferring to the private New Roads School in Santa Monica, California.

Dakota Johnson became interested in modeling at age twelve after taking part in a photoshoot with other celebrities' children for Teen Vogue, and subsequently earned an income modeling while attending high school in Santa Monica.

Dakota Johnson has struggled with depression since around age fourteen and checked into rehabilitation.

Dakota Johnson was interested in acting as a child, spending significant time on film sets with her parents, but they discouraged her from pursuing the profession until she graduated from high school.

In 1999, Dakota Johnson made her film debut in Crazy in Alabama, where she and her half-sister Stella Banderas played daughters to their real-life mother, Melanie Griffith.

Dakota Johnson signed with the William Morris Agency and started her acting career.

Dakota Johnson appeared in a minor role as Amelia Ritter in the Oscar-nominated hit film The Social Network, directed by David Fincher.

Dakota Johnson had a small role in the fantasy film Beastly, followed by So Yong Kim's drama For Ellen opposite Paul Dano and Jon Heder, about a struggling musician in the midst of a custody battle.

Dakota Johnson played the female lead in Chris Nelson's film Date and Switch written by Alan Yang.

In March 2012, Dakota Johnson was cast as Kate in the Fox comedy series Ben and Kate, marking her television debut.

Dakota Johnson quickly resumed her film career, with a small role in Need for Speed.

Dakota Johnson's breakthrough came with her leading role as Anastasia "Ana" Steele in the erotic romantic drama film Fifty Shades of Grey, which was released in February 2015 and brought her international recognition.

Dakota Johnson won the role over Lucy Hale, Felicity Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Danielle Panabaker and Shailene Woodley.

On February 15,2015, Dakota Johnson appeared on Saturday Night Lives 40th anniversary special and hosted SNL on February 28,2015, making her the second daughter of a former SNL host to host the show.

In 2015, Dakota Johnson starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash, alongside Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes.

Dakota Johnson played a lead in the 2016 comedy How to Be Single, with Leslie Mann and her Date and Switch co-star Nicholas Braun.

Dakota Johnson performed a cover of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", alongside actors Zani Jones Mbayise, Vanessa Rubio and Damon Wayans Jr.

Dakota Johnson was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2016.

Dakota Johnson trained in dance to prepare for Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, a supernatural horror film and remake of the 1977 film by Dario Argento, in which she plays an American dancer in Berlin who enrolls in an academy run by a coven of witches.

In 2019, Dakota Johnson starred in the psychological horror film, Wounds, opposite Armie Hammer, directed by Babak Anvari, based upon a horror novella The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud.

Dakota Johnson then starred in the well-reviewed independent adventure film, The Peanut Butter Falcon, opposite Shia LaBeouf and Bruce Dern, which had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 9,2019.

Dakota Johnson appeared in the drama film Our Friend, opposite Casey Affleck and Jason Segel, and directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.

Dakota Johnson sang on three covers of songs for the film's soundtrack, including one of "If I Had the World to Give" by Grateful Dead.

Dakota Johnson founded the production company TeaTime Pictures, alongside former Netflix development executive Ro Donnelly, to develop film and television projects.

In 2020, Dakota Johnson made her directorial debut, co-directing the music video for Coldplay's "Cry Cry Cry", which featured her boyfriend Chris Martin.

Dakota Johnson starred alongside Tracee Ellis Ross in the dramedy film The High Note, which was released on May 29,2020.

In 2019, it was announced that she was set to star in Daddio directed by Christy Hall and in Crackpot for director Elaine May Additionally, Dakota Johnson signed on to star and produce Rodeo Queens, a mockumentary series directed by Carrie Brownstein for Amazon Studios.

Dakota Johnson will serve as an executive producer on several films under TeaTime Pictures.

Dakota Johnson will produce and star in Forever, Interrupted, in which she will play a young widow, Unfit, in which she will portray Carrie Buck in a fact-based 1920s courtroom drama based on the non-fiction book Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck by Adam Cohen, and Queens of the Stoned Age, based on the GQ article by Suketu Mehta.

In February 2022, Dakota Johnson was cast as Madame Web in the upcoming superhero film of the same name, set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

Dakota Johnson was previously involved in long-term relationships with Noah Gersh and actor Jordan Masterson.

Dakota Johnson dated Matthew Hitt, the lead vocalist of Welsh indie rock band Drowners, intermittently for almost two years until 2016.

Dakota Johnson has been in a relationship with Coldplay's vocalist Chris Martin since October 2017.

Dakota Johnson is a tattoo enthusiast and has been named a brand ambassador for luxury fashion brand Gucci.

Dakota Johnson was nominated for BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2016.