Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Known for
Acting
Born
February 23, 1994 (age 32)
Birthplace
Conyers, Georgia, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Alma

Alma

Movie

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Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series

Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series

TV · 1 ep

2027
The Nightingale poster

The Nightingale

Movie · as Vianne

2026
The Sun Never Sets poster

The Sun Never Sets

Movie · as Wendy

2026
Fru! 2 poster

Fru! 2

Movie · as Delf (voice)

2025
Vicious poster

Vicious

Movie · as Polly

2025
All Her Fault poster

All Her Fault

TV · as Jenny Kaminski · 8 eps

2024
The Watchers poster

The Watchers

Movie · as Mina / Lucy

2024
Rebuilding Coraline poster

Rebuilding Coraline

Movie · as Coraline Jones (voice) (archive footage)

2024
RIPLEY poster

RIPLEY

TV · as Marge Sherwood · 8 eps

2024
The Perfect Couple poster

The Perfect Couple

TV · as Abby Winbury · 6 eps

2023
The Equalizer 3 poster

The Equalizer 3

Movie · as Emma Collins

2022
The First Lady poster

The First Lady

TV · as Susan Elizabeth Ford · 10 eps

2021
Oats Studios: Volume 1 poster

Oats Studios: Volume 1

Movie · as Barkley

2021
OATS Studios poster

OATS Studios

TV · as Barkley · 1 ep

2020
Viena and the Fantomes poster

Viena and the Fantomes

Movie · as Viena

2020
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home poster

Penn & Teller: Try This at Home

Movie · as Self

2020
Last Looks poster

Last Looks

TV · as Self · 18 eps

2019
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood poster

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood

Movie · as 'Squeaky'

2019
Sweetness in the Belly poster

Sweetness in the Belly

Movie · as Lilly Mitchell Abdal

2019
gen:LOCK poster

gen:LOCK

TV · as Miranda Worth (voice) · 16 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
Please Stand By poster

Please Stand By

Movie · as Wendy Welcott

2018
Ocean's Eight poster

Ocean's Eight

Movie · as Penelope Stern

2018
The Alienist poster

The Alienist

TV · as Sara Howard · 18 eps

2017
Zygote poster

Zygote

Movie · as Barkley

2016
American Pastoral poster

American Pastoral

Movie · as Merry Levov

2016
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

Movie · as Liz

2016
The Escape poster

The Escape

Movie · as Lily

2015
The Benefactor poster

The Benefactor

Movie · as Olivia

2014
Effie Gray poster

Effie Gray

Movie · as Euphemia 'Effie' Gray

2014
Night Moves poster

Night Moves

Movie · as Dena Brauer

2014
Every Secret Thing poster

Every Secret Thing

Movie · as Ronnie Fuller

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
The Motel Life poster

The Motel Life

Movie · as Annie James

2013
Very Good Girls poster

Very Good Girls

Movie · as Lilly Berger

2013
The Last of Robin Hood poster

The Last of Robin Hood

Movie · as Beverly Aadland

2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 poster

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Movie · as Jane

2012
Now Is Good poster

Now Is Good

Movie · as Tessa Scott

2012
Celia poster

Celia

Movie · as Hannah Jones

2011
Rise poster

Rise

Movie · as Laurence Owen

2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse poster

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Movie · as Jane

2010
The Runaways poster

The Runaways

Movie · as Cherie Currie

2009
Push poster

Push

Movie · as Cassie Holmes

2009
Winged Creatures poster

Winged Creatures

Movie · as Anne Hagen

2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon poster

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Movie · as Jane

2009
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' poster

Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'

Movie · as Self

2009
Coraline: Creepy Coraline poster

Coraline: Creepy Coraline

Movie · as Self

2009
Coraline poster

Coraline

Movie · as Coraline Jones (voice)

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2008
The Secret Life of Bees poster

The Secret Life of Bees

Movie · as Lily Owens

2008
Hounddog poster

Hounddog

Movie · as Lewellen

2007
Cutlass poster

Cutlass

Movie · as Lacey

2006
Charlotte's Web poster

Charlotte's Web

Movie · as Fern Arable

2005
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · as Rachel

2005
Hide and Seek poster

Hide and Seek

Movie · as Emily Callaway

2005
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch poster

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Movie · as Lilo Pelekai (voice)

2005
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story poster

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

Movie · as Cale Crane

2005
Nine Lives poster

Nine Lives

Movie · as Maria

2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' poster

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

Movie · as Self

2004
In the Realms of the Unreal poster

In the Realms of the Unreal

Movie · as Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)

2004
Man on Fire poster

Man on Fire

Movie · as Lupita Ramos

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Kid Wonder Woman (voice) · 1 ep

2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Cat in the Hat poster

The Cat in the Hat

Movie · as Sally Walden

2003
Uptown Girls poster

Uptown Girls

Movie · as Ray Schleine

2003
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time poster

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time

Movie · as Preschool Kim Possible (voice)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Trapped poster

Trapped

Movie · as Abby Jennings

2002
Hansel & Gretel poster

Hansel & Gretel

Movie · as Katie

2002
Sweet Home Alabama poster

Sweet Home Alabama

Movie · as Young Melanie

2002
Taken poster

Taken

TV · as Allie Keys · 10 eps

2001
I Am Sam poster

I Am Sam

Movie · as Lucy Diamond Dawson

2001
Tomcats poster

Tomcats

Movie · as Little Girl in Park

2001
Father Xmas

Father Xmas

Movie · as Clairee

2001
The Fighting Fitzgeralds poster

The Fighting Fitzgeralds

TV · as Marie · 1 ep

2001
The Hire poster

The Hire

TV · as Lily · 1 ep

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Brenda Collins · 1 ep

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Edie's Girl · 1 ep

2000
Malcolm in the Middle poster

Malcolm in the Middle

TV · as Emily · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Little Girl (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
TRL poster

TRL

TV · 1 ep

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as 5 Year Old Ally · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Alessa Engel · 1 ep

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Cindy · 1 ep

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Mackenzie · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Delia Chadsey · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · 2 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Coraline (voice) · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 1 ep