Dakota Fanning
Acting

Dakota Fanning

Born 23 February 1994 · Conyers, Georgia, USA
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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). 

Known for

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Coraline
War of the Worlds
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Friends
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Ocean's Eight
Man on Fire
Family Guy
Malcolm in the Middle
The Equalizer 3
The Nightingale
The Sun Never Sets
Fru! 2
Vicious
The Watchers
The Equalizer 3
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Viena and the Fantomes
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Sweetness in the Belly
Please Stand By
Ocean's Eight
Hello Apartment
Zygote
American Pastoral
Brimstone
The Escape
The Benefactor
Effie Gray
Night Moves
Every Secret Thing
The Motel Life
Very Good Girls
The Last of Robin Hood
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Now Is Good
Celia
Rise
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Runaways
Push
Winged Creatures
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Coraline
The Secret Life of Bees
Hounddog
Cutlass
Charlotte's Web
War of the Worlds
Hide and Seek
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Nine Lives
In the Realms of the Unreal
Man on Fire
The Cat in the Hat
Uptown Girls
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
Trapped
Hansel & Gretel
Sweet Home Alabama
I Am Sam
Tomcats
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