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Dakota Fanning

Born
February 23, 1994
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).
Known For
The Equalizer 3
(2023)
Emma Collins
Ocean's Eight
(2018)
Penelope Stern
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Rachel Ferrier
Coraline
(2009)
Coraline Jones (voice)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
(2019)
'Squeaky'
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
(2012)
Jane Volturi
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
(2010)
Jane
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(2009)
Jane
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
(2005)
Lilo Pelekai (voice)
The Cat in the Hat
(2003)
Sally Walden
The Runaways
(2010)
Cherie Currie
Man on Fire
(2004)
Lupita Ramos
Charlotte's Web
(2006)
Fern Arable
Uptown Girls
(2003)
Ray Schleine
Push
(2009)
Cassie Holmes
The Watchers
(2024)
Mina
Full Filmography
Acting
I Am Sam
(2001)
Lucy Diamond Dawson
Tomcats
(2001)
Little Girl in Park
Father Xmas
(2001)
Clairee
Trapped
(2002)
Abigail "Abby" Jennings
Hansel & Gretel
(2002)
Katie
Sweet Home Alabama
(2002)
Young Melanie
The Cat in the Hat
(2003)
Sally Walden
Uptown Girls
(2003)
Ray Schleine
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
(2003)
Preschool Kim Possible (voice)
In the Realms of the Unreal
(2004)
Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)
Man on Fire
(2004)
Lupita Ramos
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Rachel Ferrier
Hide and Seek
(2005)
Emily Callaway
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
(2005)
Cale Crane
Nine Lives
(2005)
Maria
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
(2005)
Lilo Pelekai (voice)
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
(2005)
Self
Charlotte's Web
(2006)
Fern Arable
Cutlass
(2007)
Lacey
Hounddog
(2007)
Lewellen
The Secret Life of Bees
(2008)
Lily Owens
Push
(2009)
Cassie Holmes
Coraline
(2009)
Coraline Jones (voice)
Winged Creatures
(2009)
Anne Hagen
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(2009)
Jane
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
(2009)
Self
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
(2009)
Self
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
(2010)
Jane
The Runaways
(2010)
Cherie Currie
Rise
(2011)
Laurence Owen
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
(2012)
Jane Volturi
Now Is Good
(2012)
Tessa Scott
Celia
(2012)
Hannah Jones
The Motel Life
(2013)
Annie James
Very Good Girls
(2013)
Lilly Berger
The Last of Robin Hood
(2013)
Beverly Aadland
Effie Gray
(2014)
Euphemia 'Effie' Gray
Night Moves
(2014)
Dena Brauer
Every Secret Thing
(2014)
Ronnie Fuller
Yellowbird
(2014)
Delf (voice)
The Benefactor
(2015)
Olivia Harris
Brimstone
(2016)
Liz
American Pastoral
(2016)
Merry Levov
The Escape
(2016)
Lily
Zygote
(2017)
Barkley
Please Stand By
(2018)
Wendy
Ocean's Eight
(2018)
Penelope Stern
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
(2019)
'Squeaky'
Sweetness in the Belly
(2019)
Lilly Mitchell Abdal
Viena and the Fantomes
(2020)
Viena
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
(2020)
Self
Oats Studios: Volume 1
(2021)
Barkley
The Equalizer 3
(2023)
Emma Collins
The Watchers
(2024)
Mina
Vicious
(2025)
Directing
Writing
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