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Home/People/Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning profile photo
Born
Feb 23, 1994
Age 32
Place of Birth
Conyers, Georgia, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

60
Movies
39
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
Hannah Dakota Fanning
IMDb Profile

Dakota Fanning

Acting

Biography
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actor and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fanning received recognition at age 7 for starring in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she was nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. She became the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning appeared in the films Uptown Girls (2003), Man on Fire (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005), the latter two cementing her stardom. She continued to appear in children's films such as Charlotte's Web (2006) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008).  She transitioned to mature roles with The Twilight Saga (2009–2012), the independent film The Runaways (2010), and a co-starring role in Night Moves (2013). Fanning has appeared in films such as Ocean's 8 (2018), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and The Equalizer 3 (2023).  Since 2018, she has starred in television series The Alienist (2018), The First Lady (2022), and The Perfect Couple (2024). She has also had a starring role in The Watchers (2024) and received renewed critical recognition for the miniseries Ripley that same year, earning Golden Globe and Emmy nominations. Fanning also starred and produced The Sun Never Sets. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dakota Fanning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Nightingale

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2027
Fru! 2 poster

Fru! 2

as Delf (voice)
2026
The Sun Never Sets poster

The Sun Never Sets

as Wendy
2026
Vicious poster

Vicious

as Polly
2025
The Watchers poster

The Watchers

as Mina / Lucy
2024
The Equalizer 3 poster

The Equalizer 3

as Emma Collins
2023
Oats Studios: Volume 1 poster

Oats Studios: Volume 1

as Barkley
2021
Viena and the Fantomes poster

Viena and the Fantomes

as Viena
2020
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home poster

Penn & Teller: Try This at Home

as Self
2020
Sweetness in the Belly poster

Sweetness in the Belly

as Lilly Mitchell Abdal
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood poster

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

as 'Squeaky'
2019
Ocean's Eight poster

Ocean's Eight

as Penelope Stern
2018
Please Stand By poster

Please Stand By

as Wendy Welcott
2018
Zygote poster

Zygote

as Barkley
2017
The Escape poster

The Escape

as Lily
2016
American Pastoral poster

American Pastoral

as Merry Levov
2016
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

as Liz
2016
The Benefactor poster

The Benefactor

as Olivia
2015
Yellowbird poster

Yellowbird

as Delf (voice)
2014
Night Moves poster

Night Moves

as Dena Brauer
2014