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Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson

Acting1989Austin, Texas, USA

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).

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Acting History

2026
Verity
as Lowen Ashleigh
Verity
Executive Producer
2025
Splitsville
as Julie
Hot Ones
TVas Self1 eps
Splitsville
Producer
2024
Madame Web
as Cassandra Webb
Am I OK?
as Lucy
Daddio
as Girlie
Loser Baby
Director
Loser Baby
Producer
Daddio
Producer
Am I OK?
Producer
2023
2022
2020
Covers
as Maggie Sherwoode
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self2 eps
2019
Wounds
as Carrie
The Friend
as Nicole Teague
2018
Fifty Shades Freed
as Anastasia Steele
Suspiria
as Susie
Bad Times at the El Royale
as Emily Summerspring
2017
2016
How to Be Single
as Alice Kepley
People's Choice Awards
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
2015
Black Mass
as Lindsey Cyr
A Bigger Splash
as Penelope Lanier
Fifty Shades of Grey
as Anastasia Steele
Vale
as Rachel
2014
Cymbeline
as Imogen
Need for Speed
as Anita Coleman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self - Guest / Self
2013
The Office
TVas Dakota1 eps
2012
Goats
as Minnie
For Ellen
as Cindy Taylor
Transit
as Elizabeth Becks
Ben and Kate
TVas Kate Fox
2011
Beastly
as Sloan Hagen
2010
The Social Network
as Amelia Ritter
2006
El hormiguero
TVas Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest
1999
1993
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/4/1989(36 years old)
Place of Birth
Austin, Texas, USA