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Dakota Johnson(I)

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Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson burns through our questions about guilty movie pleasures, the ultimate romantic on-screen couple, and her personal superstitions.
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Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress and fashion model. She was born in Austin, Texas, and is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren.

In 1999, she made her film debut in Crazy in Alabama (1999), where she and her half-sister, Stella Banderas, played the daughters to their real-life mother, Melanie Griffith. The film was directed by her stepfather, Antonio Banderas, but it wasn't a hit. Dakota resumed her schooling and waited several years before she decided to become a professional actress and model. In 2006, she was voted Miss Golden Globe, a launching pad bestowed on off-spring of famous parents. She served as the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in the Globes' history, since her mother was Miss Golden Globe in 1975. She also signed with IMG Models. In 2009, she modeled for MANGO brand's jeans line. Dakota traveled to Sydney, Australia, where she shot the "Rising Star" campaign for fashion label, "Wish". Once she graduated from high school, she signed with the William Morris Agency and started her acting career. She had her first box office hit in 2010 with David Fincher's film, The Social Network (2010), in which she had a scene with Justin Timberlake. The film received eight Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. She also appeared in three additional films: Beastly (2011), alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate Olsen; Ezna Sands' film, Chloe and Theo (2015); and So Yong Kim's film, For Ellen (2012); She had roles in several 2012 films: Christopher Neil's film, Goats (2012), with David Duchovny; Nicholas Stoller's film, The Five-Year Engagement (2012), for producer Judd Apatow, and the hit feature film version of the 1987 television show, 21 Jump Street (1987) that made Johnny Depp a star. She also won the female lead in Chris Nelson's, film Date and Switch (2014), written by Alan Yang. Her first television show, Ben and Kate (2012), where she played "Kate", aired on Fox during the Fall 2012 season. It was canceled in 2013, and she quickly resumed her feature film career with three high-profile films: Need for Speed (2014), Cymbeline (2014), the modern-day adaptation of the William Shakespeare play, "Cymbeline", and the starring role of "Anastasia Steele" in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), the adaptation of the best-selling erotic novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey". She beat out many young actresses for the coveted role of Anastasia, and the film became a worldwide hit, making her a star. She won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress for "Fifty Shades of Grey". She has continued to seek challenging roles, such as of a young mother who loses her son in Black Mass (2015) opposite her "21 Jump Street" castmate Johnny Depp, and of a temptress in A Bigger Splash (2015). She has balanced her dramatic career by doing comedies as well, such as How to Be Single (2016).
BornOctober 4, 1989
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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Dakota Johnson, Jake Siame, and Hardy Yusuf in Persuasion (2022)
Dakota Johnson in Persuasion (2022)
Dakota Johnson, Nia Towle, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Izuka Hoyle in Persuasion (2022)
Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding in Persuasion (2022)
Dakota Johnson in Persuasion (2022)
Richard E. Grant, Dakota Johnson, Lydia Rose Bewley, and Yolanda Kettle in Persuasion (2022)
Dakota Johnson and Cooper Raiff in Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Dakota Johnson and Vanessa Burghardt in Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Dakota Johnson in The Lost Daughter (2021)
Dakota Johnson and Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter (2021)
Ice Cube, Dakota Johnson, and Tracee Ellis Ross in The High Note (2020)
Dakota Johnson and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in The High Note (2020)

Known for

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Fifty Shades of Grey
4.2
  • Anastasia Steele
  • 2015
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network
7.8
  • Amelia Ritter
  • 2010
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
Fifty Shades Darker
4.6
  • Anastasia Steele
  • 2017
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Fifty Shades Freed
4.5
  • Anastasia Steele
  • 2018

Credits

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  • Madame Web
    • Post-production
  • Daddio
    • Post-production
  • Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis in Persuasion (2022)
    Persuasion
  • Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno in Am I OK? (2022)
    Am I OK?
  • Dakota Johnson, Vanessa Burghardt, and Cooper Raiff in Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
    Cha Cha Real Smooth
  • Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter (2021)
    The Lost Daughter
  • Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross in The High Note (2020)
    The High Note
  • The Nowhere Inn (2020)
    The Nowhere Inn
  • Our Friend (2019)
    Our Friend
  • Dakota Johnson, Shia LaBeouf, and Zack Gottsagen in The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
    The Peanut Butter Falcon
  • Armie Hammer in Wounds (2019)
    Wounds
  • Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, and Cailee Spaeny in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
    Bad Times at the El Royale
  • Suspiria (2018)
    Suspiria
  • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
    Fifty Shades Freed
  • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
    Fifty Shades Darker
  • Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, and Rebel Wilson in How to Be Single (2016)
    How to Be Single
  • Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash (2015)
    A Bigger Splash

Producer

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  • The End of Getting Lost
    • Pre-production
  • Daddio
    • Post-production
  • The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023)
    The Disappearance of Shere Hite
  • Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno in Am I OK? (2022)
    Am I OK?
  • Dakota Johnson, Vanessa Burghardt, and Cooper Raiff in Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
    Cha Cha Real Smooth
    • (p.g.a.)

Director

  • Coldplay: Cry Cry Cry (2020)
    Coldplay: Cry Cry Cry
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Videos83

The Plane Truth About Dakota Johnson's Superstitions
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The Plane Truth About Dakota Johnson's Superstitions
Best Looks From the Met Gala 2022
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Best Looks From the Met Gala 2022
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dakota Johnson Ask Each Other Anything
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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dakota Johnson Ask Each Other Anything
'High Note' Stars Reveal the Soundtracks of Their Lives and Their Biggest Risks
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'High Note' Stars Reveal the Soundtracks of Their Lives and Their Biggest Risks
Shia LaBeouf & Dakota Johnson Learn Life Lessons on 'The Peanut Butter Falcon'
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Shia LaBeouf & Dakota Johnson Learn Life Lessons on 'The Peanut Butter Falcon'
A Guide to the Films of Luca Guadagnino
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A Guide to the Films of Luca Guadagnino
"We'll Have to Build You Up"
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"We'll Have to Build You Up"
Which Iconic Movie Characters Should Meet at the 'El Royale'?
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Which Iconic Movie Characters Should Meet at the 'El Royale'?
'Bad Times at the El Royale' Cast Pull Off the Perfect Heist Together
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'Bad Times at the El Royale' Cast Pull Off the Perfect Heist Together
Dakota Johnson: Movie & TV Moments
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Dakota Johnson: Movie & TV Moments
"Improvise Freely"
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"Improvise Freely"
A Bigger Splash
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A Bigger Splash

Personal details

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    • October 4, 1989
    • Austin, Texas, USA
    • Don Johnson
    • Tippi Hedren(Grandparent)
  • Other works
    TV commercial and print media advert for "GUCCI Bloom" fragrance (with Hari Nef and Petra Collins)
  • Publicity listings
    • 5 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 9 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    As a child, she acted with her mother Melanie Griffith and her half-sister Stella Banderas in Crazy in Alabama (1999), but her family wouldn't let her act again until several years later, after she graduated from high school.
  • Quotes
    [on why she chose to be an actress] I felt so much when I was fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, I felt everything. I didn't understand [myself], I was so happy yet so angry and sad. That was the point when I realized that I needed to tell stories and make characters come alive and I needed to make people cry, and make people angry, and make people happy, and make them laugh.
    • Fifty Shades of Grey
      (2015)
      $250,000 plus bonuses tied to box office results

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