46 Facts About Dakota Johnson

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

Dakota Johnson had her breakthrough playing the lead role in the erotic Fifty Shades film series.

Dakota Johnson's profile grew with roles in the crime drama Black Mass, the drama A Bigger Splash, the romantic comedy How to Be Single, the horror film Suspiria, the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale, the coming-of-age film The Peanut Butter Falcon, the psychological drama The Lost Daughter, the romantic drama Cha Cha Real Smooth, and the superhero film Madame Web.

Dakota Mayi Johnson was born on October 4,1989, 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 half-niece of actress Tracy Griffith and production designer Clay A Griffith.

Dakota Johnson has a complex family as each of her parents had children by three different people.

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, having spent significant time on film sets with her parents, but they discouraged her from pursuing the profession until she graduated 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 had a minor role in David Fincher's biographical film The Social Network.

Dakota Johnson had a small role in the fantasy film Beastly.

Dakota Johnson starred in So Yong Kim's drama For Ellen, alongside Paul Dano and Jon Heder.

Dakota Johnson starred in Nicholas Stoller's romance film The Five-Year Engagement and the comedy 21 Jump Street.

Dakota Johnson had a leading role for Chris Nelson's film Date and Switch.

In March 2012, Dakota Johnson had a leading role in the Fox comedy television series Ben and Kate.

Dakota Johnson continued acting on films, 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.

Dakota Johnson received nominations in the same categories for Fifty Shades Darker, though she did not win.

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 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 starred in Luca Guadagnino's supernatural horror film Suspiria, a remake of the 1977 film, in which she played an American dancer in Berlin who enrolls in an academy run by a coven of witches.

In 2019, Dakota Johnson starred opposite Armie Hammer in Babak Anvari's psychological horror film Wounds, which is based on Nathan Ballingrud's horror novella The Visible Filth.

Dakota Johnson starred in the well-reviewed independent adventure film The Peanut Butter Falcon, alongside Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, and Bruce Dern.

Dakota Johnson starred in Gabriela Cowperthwaite's drama film Our Friend, alongside Casey Affleck and Jason Segel.

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 films and television series.

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.

Dakota Johnson played a young mother with an autistic child in Cha Cha Real Smooth, in which she starred opposite Cooper Raiff.

Dakota Johnson played a cab passenger who has an emotionally profound interaction with a cabbie in the film Daddio, in which she starred opposite Sean Penn.

In November 2023, Dakota Johnson departed WME and signed a representation deal with Creative Artists Agency.

Dakota Johnson played the title role in the superhero film Madame Web, set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

Dakota Johnson was previously involved in long-term relationships with musician 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.