Dakota Fanning
Known For
Acting
Born
1994-02-23 in Conyers, Georgia, USA
Biography
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning played major roles as a child actress in the films Uptown Girls (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Dreamer (2005), and Charlotte's Web (2006), and the eponymous character in Coraline (2009). Fanning followed with more mature roles, playing Lewellen in Hounddog (2007), Lily in The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Cherie Currie in The Runaways (2010) and Jane in The Twilight Saga (2009–2012). Throughout the 2010s, she continued appearing in independent productions such as the dramas Now Is Good (2012) and Night Moves (2013), the comedy-drama Very Good Girls (2013), and the biographical film Effie Gray (2014). 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 Manson girl Squeaky Fromme in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and First Daughter Susan Ford in the Showtime biographical drama series The First Lady (2022).
Most Known For
Family Guy
as Little Girl (voice)
Friends
as Mackenzie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Brenda Collins
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
ER
as Delia Chadsey
Malcolm in the Middle
as Emily
The View
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
The Practice
as Alessa Engel
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
All Her Fault
as Jenny Kaminski
Strong Medicine
as Edie's Girl
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
Spin City
as Cindy
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as 'Squeaky'