Dakota Johnson

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dakota Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Office

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (42)

Verity2026 · as Lowen Ashleigh
Splitsville2025 · as Julie
Materialists2025 · as Lucy
Daddio2024 · as Girlie
Am I OK?2024 · as Lucy
Madame Web2024 · as Cassandra Webb
The Disappearance of Shere Hite2023 · as Shere Hite (voice)
Persuasion2022 · as Anne Elliot
Cha Cha Real Smooth2022 · as Domino
The Lost Daughter2021 · as Nina
The Nowhere Inn2021 · as Self
The High Note2020 · as Maggie Sherwoode
Our Friend2019 · as Nicole Teague
The Peanut Butter Falcon2019 · as Eleanor
Wounds2019 · as Carrie
Suspiria2018 · as Susie
Bad Times at the El Royale2018 · as Emily Summerspring
Fifty Shades Freed2018 · as Anastasia Steele
Fifty Shades Darker2017 · as Anastasia Steele
How to Be Single2016 · as Alice Kepley
A Bigger Splash2015 · as Penelope Lanier
Black Mass2015 · as Lindsey Cyr
Vale2015 · as Rachel
Chloe and Theo2015 · as Chloe
Fifty Shades of Grey2015 · as Anastasia Steele
In a Relationship2015 · as Willa
Cymbeline2014 · as Imogen
Closed Set2014 · as Leading Lady
Need for Speed2014 · as Anita Coleman
Date and Switch2014 · as Em
Goats2012 · as Minnie
Transit2012 · as Elizabeth Becks
The Five-Year Engagement2012 · as Audrey
21 Jump Street2012 · as Fugazy
For Ellen2012 · as Cindy Taylor
Beastly2011 · as Sloan Hagen
The Social Network2010 · as Amelia Ritter
Behind the Scenes of All That Glitters2010 · as Dianica French
Crazy in Alabama1999 · as Sondra
Crackpot—
Trudy Blue—
Three Incestuous Sisters— · as Ophile

All TV Shows (19)

Phoning It In2024 · as Self (voice)
The Drew Barrymore Show2020 · as Self
Hot Ones2015 · as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
Ben and Kate2012 · as Kate Fox
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
El hormiguero2006 · as Self
The Office2005 · as Dakota
The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter