
Dakota Fanning
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1994-02-23 (age 32)
- Place of birth
- Conyers, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Hannah Dakota Fanning
Biography
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).
Since 2018, she has starred in television series The Alienist (2018), The First Lady (2022), and The Perfect Couple (2024). She has also had a starring role in The Watchers (2024) and received renewed critical recognition for the miniseries Ripley that same year, earning Golden Globe and Emmy nominations. Fanning also starred and produced The Sun Never Sets.
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Known For
TV Shows (38)

Family Guy
1999
as Little Girl (voice)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Brenda Collins

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

Friends
1994
as Mackenzie

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

ER
1994
as Delia Chadsey

Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Emily

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter

The View
1997
as Self

The Practice
1997
as Alessa Engel

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Strong Medicine
2000
as Edie's Girl

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Spin City
1996
as Cindy

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest

Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Kid Wonder Woman (voice)

The Oscars
1953
as Coraline (voice)

Ally McBeal
1997
as 5 Year Old Ally

The Alienist
2018
as Sara Howard

The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self

All Her Fault
2025
as Jenny Kaminski

TRL
1998

Taken
2002
as Allie Keys

RIPLEY
2024
as Marge Sherwood

The Perfect Couple
2024
as Abby Winbury

The First Lady
2022
as Susan Elizabeth Ford

The Hire
2001
as Lily

gen:LOCK
2019
as Miranda Worth (voice)

The Early Show
1999
as Self

MADtv
1995
as Self

OATS Studios
2021
as Barkley

The Fighting Fitzgeralds
2001
as Marie

Last Looks
2020
as Self
Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series
Movies (60)

Coraline
2009
as Coraline Jones (voice)

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Squeaky'

The Equalizer 3
2023
as Emma Collins

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as Jane

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
as Jane

Man on Fire
2004
as Lupita Ramos

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
as Jane

Ocean's Eight
2018
as Penelope Stern

War of the Worlds
2005
as Rachel Ferrier

I Am Sam
2001
as Lucy Diamond Dawson

The Watchers
2024
as Mina / Lucy

Push
2009
as Cassie Holmes

The Cat in the Hat
2003
as Sally Walden

Sweet Home Alabama
2002
as Young Melanie

Uptown Girls
2003
as Ray Schleine

Charlotte's Web
2006
as Fern Arable

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
2005
as Lilo Pelekai (voice)

Vicious
2025
as Polly

Hide and Seek
2005
as Emily Callaway

Trapped
2002
as Abby Jennings

Brimstone
2016
as Liz

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
as Cale Crane

American Pastoral
2016
as Merry Levov

Tomcats
2001
as Little Girl in Park

The Secret Life of Bees
2008
as Lily Owens

Winged Creatures
2009
as Anne Hagen

Yellowbird
2014
as Delf (voice)

Nine Lives
2005
as Maria

Please Stand By
2018
as Wendy Welcott

The Nightingale
2027
as Vianne

Sweetness in the Belly
2019
as Lilly Mitchell Abdal

Hounddog
2008
as Lewellen

Effie Gray
2014
as Euphemia 'Effie' Gray

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
2003
as Preschool Kim Possible (voice)

The Runaways
2010
as Cherie Currie

Night Moves
2014
as Dena Brauer

The Benefactor
2015
as Olivia

Now Is Good
2012
as Tessa Scott

Very Good Girls
2013
as Lilly Berger

Zygote
2017
as Barkley

Every Secret Thing
2014
as Ronnie Fuller

Oats Studios: Volume 1
2021
as Barkley

The Sun Never Sets
2026
as Wendy

The Escape
2016
as Lily

The Last of Robin Hood
2013
as Beverly Aadland

Cutlass
2007
as Lacey

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005
as Self

The Motel Life
2013
as Annie James

Hansel & Gretel
2002
as Katie

Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
2009
as Self

Celia
2012
as Hannah Jones

In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
as Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)

Viena and the Fantomes
2020
as Viena

Rise
2011
as Laurence Owen
Alma

The Bell Jar
as Esther Greenwood
Father Xmas
2001
as Clairee

Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
2020
as Self

Coraline: Creepy Coraline
2009
as Self

Fru! 2
2026
as Delf (voice)
About Dakota Fanning
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 hi… With 98 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Dakota Fanning has appeared in 60 films and 38 TV shows.
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- Coraline (2009) — as Coraline Jones (voice)
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — as 'Squeaky'
- The Equalizer 3 (2023) — as Emma Collins
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) — as Jane
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) — as Jane
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