Dakota Fanning | |
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 Fanning in 2020 | |
| Born | Hannah Dakota Fanning February 23, 1994 Conyers, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University (BA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress.[1] She rose to prominence as a child actress at the age of seven for playing the daughter of an intellectually challenged man in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history.[2] Fanning had further roles as a child actress in Taken (2002), Uptown Girls (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Charlotte's Web (2006), The Secret Life of Bees (2008) and the lead voice role in Coraline (2009).
As an adult, Fanning went on to star in independent films, such as The Runaways (2010), Now Is Good (2012) and Effie Gray (2014), and played Jane Volturi in The Twilight Saga (2009–2012). In 2018, she appeared in the heist comedy Ocean's 8 and had a starring role in the period drama series The Alienist. She has since portrayed Squeaky Fromme in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Susan Ford in the drama series The First Lady (2022), and a CIA agent in The Equalizer 3 (2023). In 2024, she starred in the thriller miniseries The Perfect Couple and Ripley. For the latter, Fanning received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
- ^ Long, Colleen (February 4, 2005). "'Hide and Seek' star Fanning, at 10, already owns acting chops". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
She was born Hannah Dakota Fanning in Conyers, Ga. ... she turns 11 Feb. 23...
- ^ "Screen Actors Guild™ Honors". Screen Actors Guild. October 3, 2002. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2012.