Dakota Johnson
American actress and producer who rose to global prominence through the Fifty Shades franchise and a diverse range of critically acclaimed film roles.
Dakota Johnson - Personal Information
- Name: Dakota Johnson
- Date of Birth: October 4, 1989
- Place of Birth: Austin, Texas, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Thanks
Biography
Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, Johnson made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in Crazy in Alabama (1999), directed by her then-stepfather Antonio Banderas and starring her mother. After graduating from high school, she began auditioning for roles and had a minor part in The Social Network (2010). Johnson had her breakthrough playing the lead role in the erotic Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018). In 2016, she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and was featured in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Her profile grew with roles in the crime drama Black Mass (2015), the drama A Bigger Splash (2015), the romantic comedy How to Be Single (2016), the horror film Suspiria (2018), the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), the coming-of-age film The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), the romantic drama Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022), and the superhero film Madame Web (2024).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Dakota Johnson's most recent and notable screen appearances across film and television.
- Verity (2026) as Lowen Ashleigh
- Splitsville (2025) as Julie
- Materialists (2025) as Lucy
- Daddio (2024) as Girlie
- Am I OK? (2024) as Lucy
- Madame Web (2024) as Cassandra Webb
- Phoning It In (TV - 2024) as Self (voice)
- The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) as Shere Hite (voice)
- Persuasion (2022) as Anne Elliot
- Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) as Domino
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