Dakota Johnson - wikipedia Dakota Johnson Dakota Johnson Johnson on the set of Fifty Shades of Grey in January 2014 Dakota Mayi Johnson ( 1989 - 10 - 04 ) October 4, 1989 ( age 28 ) Austin, Texas, U.S. Occupation Actress, model Years active 1999 ; 2010 -- present Parent ( s ) Don Johnson Melanie Griffith Relatives Jesse Johnson ( paternal half - brother ) Peter Griffith ( maternal grandfather ) Tippi Hedren ( maternal grandmother ) Tracy Griffith ( maternal half - aunt ) Dakota Mayi Johnson ( born October 4, 1989 ) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. She had her screen debut alongside her mother in the comedy - drama Crazy in Alabama ( 1999 ) and was named Miss Golden Globe in 2006. Following high school graduation, she returned to acting with roles in the films The Social Network ( 2010 ), Beastly ( 2011 ), 21 Jump Street ( 2012 ), Need for Speed ( 2014 ) and the short - lived TV comedy Ben and Kate ( 2012 -- 2013 ). She received international recognition in 2015 after landing the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the romantic drama Fifty Shades of Grey, which catapulted her to fame and earned her the People 's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress and a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. The same year, she took part in Black Mass and A Bigger Splash. She also starred in the romantic comedy How to Be Single ( 2016 ), and reprised her role as Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Darker ( 2017 ) and the upcoming Fifty Shades Freed ( 2018 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Acting 2.2 Modeling 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life Dakota Mayi Johnson was born on October 4, 1989, in Austin, Texas, to actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Her maternal grandparents are advertising executive and former child actor Peter Griffith and actress Tippi Hedren, and she is the half - niece of actress Tracy Griffith and production designer Clay A. Griffin. Her former stepfather is actor Antonio Banderas. She has six half - siblings ; four on her father 's side, including actor Jesse Johnson, and two on her mother 's side. Johnson attended Aspen Community School in Aspen, Colorado. She later attended the Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, for her freshman year of high school before transferring to New Roads School in Santa Monica, California. She was an avid dancer as a child. She became interested in modeling at age 12 after a photo shoot with children of other celebrities for Teen Vogue. Career Acting In 1999, 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. The film was directed by her then - stepfather, Antonio Banderas. In 2006, she was chosen as Miss Golden Globe 2006, where she served as the first second - generation Miss Golden Globe in the Globes ' history. Once Johnson graduated from high school, she signed with the William Morris Agency and started her acting career. She appeared in the critically acclaimed box office hit The Social Network which was directed by David Fincher. She has also appeared in Beastly, Ezna Sands ' film Chloe and Theo, and So Yong Kim 's film For Ellen. In 2012, she had roles in Christopher Neil 's film Goats, with David Duchovny ; Nicholas Stoller 's film The Five - Year Engagement for producer Judd Apatow, and the film 21 Jump Street. She also played the female lead in Chris Nelson 's film Date and Switch written by Alan Yang. In March 2012, Johnson was cast as Kate in the Fox comedy series Ben and Kate, marking her television debut. The show was cancelled on January 25, 2013 after one season. Johnson quickly resumed her film career, and appeared in Need for Speed ( 2014 ). She also has been cast in the modern - day film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Cymbeline. Johnson at the press conference of Black Mass, September 7, 2015 In 2013, she had a role as one of the new hires on the `` Finale '' episode of The Office. Johnson played Anastasia `` Ana '' Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey, which was released in February 2015. Johnson won the role over Lucy Hale, Felicity Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Danielle Panabaker and Shailene Woodley. On February 15, 2015, Johnson appeared on Saturday Night Live 's 40th anniversary special and hosted SNL on February 28, 2015, making her the second daughter of a former SNL host ( after Gwyneth Paltrow, whose mother Blythe Danner hosted during the show 's seventh season in 1982 ) to host herself. Also in 2015, she reunited with her 21 Jump Street cast member Johnny Depp, playing the mother of his character 's child in the feature film Black Mass. In 2015, Johnson starred in Luca Guadagnino 's thriller A Bigger Splash, opposite Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes. She also played a lead in the 2016 comedy How to Be Single, with Leslie Mann and her Date and Switch costar Nicholas Braun. Johnson mentioned in the Autumm / Winter 2015 issue of AnOther Magazine, that she is already deep in ballet training to prepare for Luca Guadagnino 's remake of Suspiria. She will star with Schnoenaerts again in The Sound of Metal, where she plays a singer, and he plays a drummer who begins to lose his hearing. She was set reunite with both her The Social Network producer Michael De Luca and costar Andrew Garfield for the crime thriller Under the Silver Lake but had to drop out and Riley Keough took the role. She will also star in and executive produce two films under her Silhouette Productions : Forever, Interrupted, where she will play a young widow, and Unfit, where she will play Carrie Buck in a fact - based 1920s courtroom drama. She has also signed on to work on the independent feature film The Peanut Butter Falcon with Bruce Dern and Shia LaBeouf. Modeling In 2006, Johnson signed with IMG Models. Though acting is her primary work, she has since modeled for MANGO brand 's jeans line in 2009 and shot the `` Rising Star '' campaign for Australian fashion label Wish in 2011. Personal life Johnson was previously in relationships with musician Noah Gersh, actor Jordan Masterson and Welsh model and musician Matthew Hitt. In answer to the questions regarding her stance on gender rights with respect to her role in Fifty Shades, Johnson stated : `` I 'm proud of ( the movie ). I completely disagree with people who think Ana 's weak. I think she 's actually stronger than he is. Everything she does is her choice. And if I can be an advocate for women to do what they want to do with their bodies and not be ashamed of what they want, then I 'm all for that. '' Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Crazy in Alabama Sondra Social Network, The The Social Network Amelia Ritter All That Glitters Dianica French Short film 2011 Beastly Sloan Hagen 2012 For Ellen Cindy Taylor 2012 Goats Minnie 2012 21 Jump Street Fugazy 2012 Five - Year Engagement, The The Five - Year Engagement Audrey 2012 Transit Elizabeth Short film 2014 Date and Switch Em 2014 Need for Speed Anita Coleman 2014 Closed Set Leading Lady Short film 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey Anastasia Steele 2015 Cymbeline Imogen 2015 Chloe and Theo Chloe 2015 Black Mass Lindsey Cyr 2015 A Bigger Splash Penelope Lannier 2015 In a Relationship Willa Short film 2015 Vale Rachel Short film 2016 How to Be Single Alice Kepley 2017 Fifty Shades Darker Anastasia Steele 2018 Suspiria Susie Bannion Post-production 2018 Fifty Shades Freed Anastasia Grey Post-production 2018 The Peanut Butter Falcon Eleanor Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 -- 13 Ben and Kate Kate Fox Main role ; 16 episodes 2013 Office, The The Office Dakota Episode : `` Finale '' 2015 Saturday Night Live Host Episode : Dakota Johnson / `` Alabama Shakes '' Awards and nominations Main article : List of awards and nominations received by Dakota Johnson References Jump up ^ `` Dakota Johnson : Biography ''. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2013 - 07 - 30. Retrieved September 2, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Melanie Griffith and Dakota Johnson -- Like Mother, Like Daughter -- Hollywood 's Hottest Moms ''. InStyle. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Interview ''. Aspen Peak. p. 146. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Dakota Mayi Johnson 's Profile, Biography & Heritage ''. Katagogi. 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Interview ''. Aspen Peak. p. 146. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Miss / Mr. Golden Globe ''. HFPA. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Dakota Johnson Selected as 2006 Miss Golden Globe at 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards to Be Telecast Live on NBC on Jan. 16 ; First Daughter of a Former Miss Golden Globe Ever to Be Chosen ''. Findarticles.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ `` MANGO blog ''. Mango.com. October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Dakota Johnson ''. Thelast-magazine.com. October 25, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Dakota Johnson ''. Interview Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010 - 01 - 26. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( May 3, 2011 ). `` Dakota Johnson books trio of roles ''. Variety. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( August 9, 2011 ). `` Dakota Johnson woos ' Gay Dude ' ''. Variety. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( March 23, 2012 ). `` Dakota Johnson Cast As The Lead Of Fox Comedy Pilot ' Ned Fox Is My Manny ' ''. Deadline.com. PMC. Retrieved September 11, 2013. Jump up ^ O'Connell, Michael ( January 25, 2013 ). `` Fox Officially Cancels ' Ben and Kate, ' Shuts Down Production ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Puchko, Kristy ( February 7, 2013 ). `` Ben And Kate 's Dakota Johnson Feels The Need For Speed ''. Cinema Blend. Retrieved February 18, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Anton Yelchin & Dakota Johnson Set for Modern Day CYMBELINE Film Adaptation -- BWWMoviesWorld ''. Broadwayworld.com. August 19, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013. Jump up ^ `` ' Fifty Shades ' Star Dakota Johnson Ties Up New Role ( EXCLUSIVE ) ''. Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2015. Jump up ^ Schaefer, Stephen ( April 5, 2014 ). `` Johnny Depp talks `` Whitey '' ``. Boston Herald. Retrieved June 21, 2014. Jump up ^ Dave McNary ( 19 February 2015 ). `` Fox Searchlight Makes a ' Splash ' With Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson ''. Variety. Retrieved 6 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` First still of `` A Bigger Splash '' : Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson and Ralph Fiennes ``. imgur.com. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( January 29, 2015 ). `` Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann and Dan Stevens Join ' How to Be Single ' ( EXCLUSIVE ) ''. Variety. Retrieved 6 May 2015. Jump up ^ `` The Full Story : Dakota Johnson for AnOther Magazine A / W15 ''. AnOther Magazine. September 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts to star in ' The Sound of Metal ' ''. January 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Cannes : Dakota Johnson Joins Andrew Garfield in ' Under the Silver Lake ' ''. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( October 31, 2016 ). `` Riley Keough to Star Opposite Andrew Garfield in A24 's ' Under the Silver Lake ' ( EXCLUSIVE ) ''. Variety.com. Jump up ^ Dave McNary ( 10 July 2014 ). `` ' Fifty Shades of Grey ' Star Dakota Johnson Joins ' Forever, Interrupted ' ''. Variety. Retrieved 6 March 2015. Jump up ^ McNary, Dave ( March 7, 2017 ). `` Dakota Johnson to Star in Courtroom Drama ' Unfit ' for Amazon ''. Variety.com. Jump up ^ McNary, Dave ( June 14, 2017 ). `` Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern Join Shia LaBeouf in ' The Peanut Butter Falcon ' ''. Variety.com. Jump up ^ `` Wish ''. Wish. Retrieved October 18, 2011. Jump up ^ McAfee, Melonyce. `` Cast of ' 50 Shades ' talks red rooms and sex dungeons - CNN ''. External links Find more aboutDakota Johnsonat Wikipedia 's sister projects Media from Wikimedia Commons Data from Wikidata Dakota Johnson on IMDb Dakota Johnson at Yahoo ! 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Question: who plays anastasia in fifty shades of grey
Answer: Dakota Mayi Johnson