Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress, singer, voice actress, comedian and model. At age seven, her performance in the 2001 film I Am Sam earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in history. As a child actress, she went on to appear in high-profile films such as Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Charlotte's Web (2006), the Disney In The House franchise (2020-present), and Disney Detectives (2029).
Fanning then began the transition to more adult roles with Hounddog (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008). Her recent film roles have included the eponymous character in Coraline (2009), Cherie Currie in The Runaways (2010), Annie James in The Motel Life (2013), Jane in The Twilight Saga (2009–12), and Eris the Eagle in The Lego Chima Movie (2022).
Although the focus of Fanning's career is acting, she also has fashion-related jobs. Her debut in modeling came in 2009 when she made the cover of various magazines like Elle, Vanity Fair, and Cosmopolitan, among others. She also appeared in the fashion week in New York in 2014 and at the opening ceremony of Fashion Week New York S/S 2015. 
== Early life ==
Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia. She attended Montessori School of Covington. Her mother, Heather Joy (née Arrington), played tennis professionally, and her father, Steven J. Fanning, played minor league baseball and now works as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles, California. Her maternal grandfather is former American football player Rick Arrington, and her aunt is former ESPN reporter Jill Arrington. Dakota is the older sister of Elle Fanning, also an actress.
Fanning has English, French, German and Irish ancestry. She and her family are Southern Baptist.
== Acting career ==
=== 1999–2003: Beginnings ===
When Fanning was a small child, she was an actress at the Towne Lake Arts Center in Woodstock, Georgia, starring in small plays, then in 1999, Fanning began acting at the age of five after appearing on a Tide commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest role in the NBC prime-time drama ER, which remains one of her favorite roles 
Fanning subsequently had several guest roles on television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, and Spin City. She also portrayed the title characters of Ally McBeal and The Ellen Show as young girls.
In 2001, Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn in the movie I Am Sam, the story of a mentally challenged man who fights for the custody of his daughter (played by Fanning). Her role in the film made Fanning the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, being seven years of age at the time. She also won the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for her performance.
In 2002, director Steven Spielberg cast Fanning in the lead child role of Allison "Allie" Clarke/Keys in the science fiction miniseries Taken. By this time, she had received positive notices by several film critics, including Tom Shales of The Washington Post, who wrote that Fanning "has the perfect sort of otherworldly look about her, an enchanting young actress called upon ... to carry a great weight."
In the same year, Fanning appeared in three films: as a kidnap victim who proves to be more than her abductors bargained for in Trapped, as the young version of Reese Witherspoon's character in Sweet Home Alabama, and as Katie in the movie Hansel and Gretel.
A year later, she starred in two prominent films: playing the uptight child to an immature nanny played by Brittany Murphy in Uptown Girls, and as Sally in The Cat in the Hat. In addition, Fanning did voice-over work for four animated projects during this period, including voicing Satsuki in Disney's English language release of My Neighbor Totoro, a little girl in the Fox series Family Guy, and a young Wonder Woman in the episode "Kids Stuff" from Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited.
In 2004, she made an appearance on season ten of the television series Friends, playing the role of Mackenzie, a young girl who is moving out of the house Monica and Chandler are buying.
=== 2004–2007 ===
In 2004, Fanning appeared in Man on Fire as Pita, a nine-year-old who wins over the heart of a retired mercenary (Denzel Washington) hired to protect her from kidnappers. Roger Ebert wrote that Fanning "is a pro at only ten years old, and creates a heart-winning character."
Hide and Seek was her first release in 2005, opposite Robert De Niro. The film was generally panned, and critic Chuck Wilson called it "a fascinating meeting of equals – if the child star [Fanning] challenged the master [De Niro] to a game of stare-down, the legend might very well blink first."
Fanning voiced Lilo (succeeding Daveigh Chase) in the direct-to-video film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. She also had a small part in the Rodrigo García film Nine Lives (released in October 2005), in which she shared an unbroken nine-minute scene with actress Glenn Close, who had her own praise for Fanning: "She's definitely an old soul. She's one of those gifted people that come along every now and then." Fanning also recorded voice work for Coraline during this time.
Fanning completed filming on Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (opposite Kurt Russell) in late October 2004.
Kris Kristofferson, who plays her character's grandfather in the film, said that she is like Bette Davis reincarnated. While promoting her role in Dreamer, Fanning became a registered member of Girl Scouts of the USA at a special ceremony, which was followed by a screening of the film for members of the Girl Scouts of the San Fernando Valley Council.
Fanning then went on to star in War of the Worlds, starring alongside Tom Cruise. Released in reverse order (War in June 2005 and Dreamer in the following October), both films were a critical success. War director Steven Spielberg praised "how quickly she understands the situation in a sequence, how quickly she sizes it up, measures it up and how she would really react in a real situation."
Fanning moved straight to another film without a break: Charlotte's Web, which she finished filming in May 2005 in Australia, and premiered on December 15, 2006.
During the summer of 2006, Fanning worked on the film Hounddog, described in press reports as a "dark story of abuse, violence, and Elvis Presley adulation in the rural South." Fanning's parents have been criticized for allowing her to film a scene in which her character is raped. However, Fanning defended the film by saying to Reuters, "It's not really happening. It's a movie, and it's called acting." 
Although the film was a failure both at the box office and with critics, Fanning's performance was praised by Roger Ebert, who compared her to Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver.
In the same year, at the age of twelve, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, becoming the youngest member in the Academy's history. Later that year, she was ranked 4th in Forbes list of "Top-Earning Stars Aged Under 21", having earned an estimated $4 million in 2006.
In the spring of 2007, she filmed Fragments – Winged Creatures alongside Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Josh Hutcherson, and Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. She plays Anne Hagen, a girl who witnesses her father's murder and who turns to religion in the aftermath. In July, Fanning appeared on a short film titled Cutlass, one of Glamour's "Reel Moments" based on readers' personal essays. Cutlass was directed by Kate Hudson.
From September to the end of the year, Fanning filmed Push, which centers on a group of young American expatriates with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities who hide from the Division (a U.S. government agency) in Hong Kong and band together to try to escape the control of the division. Fanning played Cassie Holmes, a 13-year-old psychic.
=== 2008 – 2011 ===
In January 2008, Fanning began filming the film adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees, a novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Set in South Carolina in 1964, the story centers on Lily Owens (Fanning), who escapes her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father by running away with her caregiver and only friend (played by Jennifer Hudson) to a South Carolina town where they are taken in by an eccentric trio of beekeeping sisters (played by Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, and Alicia Keys).
Her films Coraline and Push were released on the same day, February 6, 2009.
In March 2008, upon the original creation of the film adaptation Dakota and Elle Fanning were cast to play Kate and Anna respectively in the film My Sister's Keeper. However, when Dakota heard that she would be required to shave her head for the role, she dropped out of the film as then did Elle. The two sisters were replaced; Abigail Breslin took on the lead role as Anna Fitzgerald, and Sofia Vassilieva was cast as Kate Fitzgerald.
Fanning played Jane, a member of the Volturi Guard, in New Moon and reprised the role in Eclipse, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer. New Moon was released on November 20, 2009, and Eclipse was released on the following June. On In March 2009, she was ranked number three on the list of Forbes Most Valuable Young Stars after having earned an estimated $14 million.
In 2010, she starred in the film The Runaways, alongside Kristen Stewart, Stella Maeve, and Scout Taylor-Compton, where she played Cherie Currie, the lead singer of the band. Then from the end of the year until early 2011, Fanning filmed Breaking Dawn, reprising the role of Jane.
Fanning's voice was heard in Rise, a documentary film commissioned by U.S. Figure Skating to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the crash of Sabena Flight 548 which resulted in the loss of the entire American team and subsequent cancellation of the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. She read a poem written by U.S. national champion Laurence Owen (who died in the crash) that was said to be an eerie premonition of the afterlife.
During the summer of 2011, she played Tessa in Now Is Good. Fanning also became the face of Marc Jacobs' Oh, Lola! perfume campaign, but the ad was banned in the UK as the Advertising Standards Authority judged that "the ad could be seen to sexualize a child."
In 2011, she played Annie James in The Motel Life, which was released on November 8, 2013. In the fall of 2011, Fanning played the starring role in Effie Gray, directed by Richard Laxton, written and co-starred by Emma Thompson, with Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Derek Jacobi and Claudia Cardinale.
=== 2012 – present ===
In August 2012, she signed to play the lead role of a wealthy financial eco-terrorist, Dena Brauer, who finances a plan, in a thriller film Night Moves opposite actors Jesse Eisenberg and Peter Sarsgaard. The film was to be directed by Kelly Reichardt. Night Moves tells the story of three Eco-terrorists who work at an organic farm and collaborate on a plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam.
In January 2013, she was cast as Beverly Aadland in the Errol Flynn biopic The Last of Robin Hood. Later that year in September, Fanning was cast as Olivia in Franny.http://www.eonline.com/news/463513/dakota-fanning-theo-james-team-up-with-richard-gere-for-franny In November, she was cast in Viena and the Fantomes as Viena; about a roadie traveling across America with a punk rock band in the 1980s. The film is set to be released in 2015.
In February 2014, she recorded a voice role for the animated movie Yellowbird.
In May 2015, Every Secret Thing, based on the 2004 novel by Laura Lippman, co-starring Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Danielle Macdonald, Colin Donnell and Nate Parker was released in the U.S.
Also in 2015, Koolhoven confirmed that Jack Roth joined the cast of the film Brimstone. In June 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Fanning and Kit Harington had replaced Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson in the film, respectively. The set of primary recording began June 15 and will be held in Romania, Spain, and Germany.
In July 2016, it was announced Fanning was cast in a film adaption of The Bell Jar as Esther Greenwood.http://deadline.com/2016/07/kirsten-dunst-the-bell-jar-movie-dakota-fanning-sylvia-plath-1201789487/ Kirsten Dunst is directing the movie and production is set to start in early 2017.
In October 2016, it was announced that Fanning had joined the cast of Ocean's Eight, set to be released in 2018.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3875964/Dakota-Fanning-looks-joined-cast-Ocean-s-8-Helena-Bonham-Carter-pictured-costume-time-set-crime-film-New-York.html#http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/26/20/39BE5FAB00000578-3875964-image-a-49_1477509713215.jpg
== Personal life ==
In June 2011, Fanning graduated from Campbell Hall School in Studio City, California, where she participated on the varsity spirit cheerleading squad and was voted homecoming queen. From 2011 to 2014, she attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, where she majored in women's studies, with a focus on the portrayal of women in film and culture.
In January 2012, it was reported that Fanning signed to be represented by WME (William Morris-Endeavor), thus ending a decade-long association with Osbrink Talent Agency. In April 2014, it was announced that Fanning switched agencies again and is now represented by CAA.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001	Father Xmas 	Clairee 	Short
2001	Tomcats 	Little Girl in Park 	
2001	I Am Sam 	Lucy Diamond Dawson 	
2002	Trapped 	Abigail "Abbie" Jennings 	
2002	Sweet Home Alabama 	Young Melanie 	
2002	Hansel and Gretel 	Katie 	
2003	Uptown Girls 	Lorraine "Ray" Schleine 	
2003	 	Sally Walden 	
2003	Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time 	Preschool Kim 	Voice role
2004	Man on Fire 	Lupita "Pita" Martin Ramos	
2004	My Neighbor Totoro 	Satsuki Kusakabe 	Voice role
2004	In the Realms of the Unreal 	Narrator 	Voice role
2005	Hide and Seek 	Emily Callaway 	
2005	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 	Lilo Pelekai 	Voice role
2005	Nine Lives 	Maria 	
2005	War of the Worlds 	Rachel Ferrier 	
2005	Dreamer 	Cale Crane 	
2006	Charlotte's Web 	Fern Arable 	
2007	Hounddog 	Lewellen 	
2007	Cutlass 	Lacy 	Short
2008	 	Lily Owens 	
2009	Coraline 	Coraline Jones 	Voice role
2009	Push 	Cassie Holmes 	
2009	Fragments – Winged Creatures 	Anne Hagen 	
2009	 	Jane Volturi 	
2010	 	Cherie Currie 	
2010	 	Jane Volturi 	
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Jane Volturi 	
2012	Celia 	Hannah Jones 	Short
2012	The Motel Life 	Annie James 	
2012	Now Is Good 	Tessa Scott 	
2013	Night Moves 	Dena Brauer 	
2013	The Last of Robin Hood 	Beverly Aadland 	
2014	Very Good Girls 	Lilly Berger 	
2014	Effie Gray 	Euphemia "Effie" Gray 	
2014	Every Secret Thing 	Ronnie Fuller 	
2014	Yellowbird 	Delf 	Voice role; English version
2015	The Benefactor 	Olivia 	
2016	Brimstone 	Liz 	
2016	American Pastoral 	Merry Levov 	
2016	The Escape 	Lily 	Short
2016	Viena and the Fantomes 	Viena 	
2018	Ghost Wars 	Marina Richards 	In production
2018	The Bell Jar 	Esther Greenwood 	Pre-production
2018	Ocean's Eight 	TBA 	In production
=== Television ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Episode
2000	ER 	Delia Chadsey 	Episode: "The Fastest Year"
2000	Ally McBeal 	Ally (5 years old) 	Episode: "The Musical, Almost"
2000	Strong Medicine 	Edie's Girl 	Episode: "Misconceptions"
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Brenda Collins 	Episode: "Blood Drops"
2000	 	Alessa Engel 	Episode: "The Deal"
2000	Spin City 	Cindy 	Episode: "Toy Story"
2001	Malcolm in the Middle 	Emily 	Episode: "New Neighbors"
2001	 	Marie 	Pilot
2001	Family Guy 	Little girl 	Episode: "To Love and Die in Dixie"
2001	 	Young Ellen 	Episode: "Missing the Bus"
2002	Taken 	Allie Keys 	Miniseries; 10 episodes (voice only in 6)
2004	Justice League Unlimited 	Young Wonder Woman (voice)	Episode: "Kids' Stuff"
2004	Friends 	Mackenzie 	Episode: "The One with Princess Consuela"
TBA 	The Alienist 	Sara Howard 	
=== Video games ===
Year	Title 	Voice role
2009	Coraline	Coraline Jones
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Association 	Category 	Work 	Result	
2001	Broadcast Film Critics Association 	Best Young Performer 	I Am Sam 	 	
2002	Las Vegas Film Critics Society 	Youth in Film 	I Am Sam 	 	
2002	Screen Actors Guild 	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 	I Am Sam 	 	
2002	Satellite Awards 	Outstanding New Talent 	I Am Sam 	 	
2002	Chicago Film Critics Association 	Most Promising Performer 	I Am Sam 	 	
2002	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Under 	I Am Sam 	 	
2003	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special – Leading Young Actress	Taken 	 	
2003	Saturn Awards 	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series 	Taken 	 	
2004	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress 	 	 	
2005	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress 	Man on Fire 	 	
2005	Gotham Awards 	Best Ensemble Cast 	Nine Lives 	 	
2005	Locarno International Film Festival 	Best Actress 	Nine Lives 	 	
2005	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Frightened Performance 	Hide and Seek 	 	
2005	Las Vegas Film Critics Society 	Youth in Film 	War of the Worlds 	 	
2005	Irish Film and Television Awards 	Best International Actress 	War of the Worlds 	 	
2005	Broadcast Film Critics Association 	Best Young Actress 	War of the Worlds 	 	
2006	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Frightened Performance 	War of the Worlds 	 	
2006	Saturn Awards 	Best Performance by a Younger Actor 	War of the Worlds 	 	
2006	National Association of Theatre Owners (ShoWest Award)	Actress of the Year 	 	 	
2006	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Actress 	Dreamer 	 	
2006	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress 	Dreamer 	 	
2006	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 	Best Actress 	Hide and Seek 	 	
2006	Broadcast Film Critics Association 	Best Young Actress 	Charlotte's Web 	 	
2007	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress 	Charlotte's Web 	 	
2007	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Movie Actress 	Charlotte's Web 	 	
2008	Black Reel Awards 	Best Ensemble Cast 	 	 	
2008	Broadcast Film Critics Association 	Best Young Actress 	 	 	
2008	Hollywood Film Festival 	Cast year (Shared with cast) 	Secret Life of Bees 	 	
2009	Broadcast Film Critics Association 	Best Young Performer 	Secret Life of Bees 	 	
2009	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actress 	 	 	
2009	Palm Springs International Film Festival 	Rising Star Award 	 	 	
2010	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor/Actress 	Coraline 	 	
2010	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Kiss (shared with Kristen Stewart) 	 	 	
2010	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie Scene Stealer – Female 	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	 	
2013	National Arts Awards 	Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award 	 	 	
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