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Dakota Fanning

First Name: Hannah Dakota
Last Name: Fanning
Date of Birth: February 23, 1994
Birthplace: Conyers, Georgia USA
Star Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'3 (160 cm)
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Nationality: United States

Occupation: Actress

Father: Steve Fanning
Mothers: Joy Fanning

Filmography:

Runaways, The (2010) as Cherie Currie
Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The (2010) as Jane
Coraline (2009) as Coraline (voice)
Push (2009) as Cassie Holmes
Secret Life of Bees, The (2008) as Lily Owens
Winged Creatures (2008) as Anne Hagen
Charlotte's Web (2006) as Fern
Hounddog (2006) as Lewellen
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) as Cale Crane
Hide and Seek (2005) as Emily Calloway
Nine Lives (2005) as Maria
War of the Worlds (2005) as Rachel Ferrier
Man on Fire (2004) as Pinta Balletto
Cat in the Hat, The (2003) as Sally
Uptown Girls (2003) as Ray Schleine
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) as Young Melanie
Trapped (2002) as Abby Jennings
I am Sam (2001) as Lucy Diamond Dawson

Biography:
Dakota Fanning is definitely an old soul. She's one of those gifted people that
come along every now and then."- Glen Close Early Life
Dakota Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Steven and Joy Fanning.
Steven Fanning was a former baseball captain with the Conyers baseball team. Dakota is accompanied by her
younger sister Elle, who is also a well known actress. Dakota Fanning belongs to half German descent and half Irish origin.
Dakota and her family are Baptists, members of the Southern Baptist Convention.
To Dakota Fanning, acting was a passion since the age of five,
when she started giving stage shows. She got her first break at the age of seven when she appeared with distinguished
musician Ray Charles in a television commercial for the Georgia State Lottery. After this, she was also chosen for a Tide
commercial which launched her into the television world. Her first major acting job was a guest-starring
role in the NBC prime-time drama, ER, which remains one of her favorite roles in which she played a car accident victim who has leukemia.Career
Fanning latter did several roles on a number of guest roles
in recognized television series, like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Friends, The Practice, Spin City and Malcolm in
the Middle. After the stint with guest roles, she moved on to play title characters of Ally McBeal and The Ellen Show.
In 2001, Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn in the
movie I Am Sam. The movie revolved around a mentally impaired man who fights for the custody of his daughter,
the role was played by Fanning. Fanning was only eight years when she did this act and it made her the youngest star ever to be nominated
for a Screen Actors Guild Award, for her supporting performance. When she won the Best Young Actor/Actress
award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for the film, she was too short to reach the microphone; presenter Orlando Bloom held her up for the duration of her acceptance speech.
Major Hits
In 2002, fanning was cast as the lead child role in Steven Spielberg's
science fiction miniseries Taken. By then, she was already known for her powerful performances and was given positive
reviews by many film critics including Tom Shales of Washington Post.

Friend: Kayla Perkins

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