Dakota Fanning

Biography

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actor and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fanning received recognition at age 7 for starring in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she was nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. She became the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning appeared in the films Uptown Girls (2003), Man on Fire (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005), the latter two cementing her stardom. She continued to appear in children's films such as Charlotte's Web (2006) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008).  She transitioned to mature roles with The Twilight Saga (2009–2012), the independent film The Runaways (2010), and a co-starring role in Night Moves (2013). Fanning has appeared in films such as Ocean's 8 (2018), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and The Equalizer 3 (2023).  Since 2018, she has starred in television series The Alienist (2018), The First Lady (2022), and The Perfect Couple (2024). She has also had a starring role in The Watchers (2024) and received renewed critical recognition for the miniseries Ripley that same year, earning Golden Globe and Emmy nominations. Fanning also starred and produced The Sun Never Sets. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dakota Fanning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Family Guy

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Friends

The Kelly Clarkson Show

ER

All Movies (59)

• The Nightingale2027 · as Vianne
• Fru! 22026 · as Delf (voice)
• The Sun Never Sets2026 · as Wendy
• Vicious2025 · as Polly
• The Watchers2024 · as Mina / Lucy
• The Equalizer 32023 · as Emma Collins
• Oats Studios: Volume 12021 · as Barkley
• Viena and the Fantomes2020 · as Viena
• Penn & Teller: Try This at Home2020 · as Self
• Sweetness in the Belly2019 · as Lilly Mitchell Abdal
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019 · as 'Squeaky'
• Ocean's Eight2018 · as Penelope Stern
• Please Stand By2018 · as Wendy Welcott
• Zygote2017 · as Barkley
• The Escape2016 · as Lily
• American Pastoral2016 · as Merry Levov
• Brimstone2016 · as Liz
• The Benefactor2015 · as Olivia
• Yellowbird2014 · as Delf (voice)
• Night Moves2014 · as Dena Brauer
• Every Secret Thing2014 · as Ronnie Fuller
• Effie Gray2014 · as Euphemia 'Effie' Gray
• The Motel Life2013 · as Annie James
• The Last of Robin Hood2013 · as Beverly Aadland
• Very Good Girls2013 · as Lilly Berger
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012 · as Jane
• Celia2012 · as Hannah Jones
• Now Is Good2012 · as Tessa Scott
• Rise2011 · as Laurence Owen
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse2010 · as Jane
• The Runaways2010 · as Cherie Currie
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon2009 · as Jane
• Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'2009 · as Self
• Coraline: Creepy Coraline2009 · as Self
• Winged Creatures2009 · as Anne Hagen
• Coraline2009 · as Coraline Jones (voice)
• Push2009 · as Cassie Holmes
• Hounddog2008 · as Lewellen
• The Secret Life of Bees2008 · as Lily Owens
• Cutlass2007 · as Lacey
• Charlotte's Web2006 · as Fern Arable
• Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story2005 · as Cale Crane
• Nine Lives2005 · as Maria
• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch2005 · as Lilo Pelekai (voice)
• War of the Worlds2005 · as Rachel
• Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'2005 · as Self
• Hide and Seek2005 · as Emily Callaway
• Man on Fire2004 · as Lupita Ramos
• In the Realms of the Unreal2004 · as Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)
• Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time2003 · as Preschool Kim Possible (voice)
• The Cat in the Hat2003 · as Sally Walden
• Uptown Girls2003 · as Ray Schleine
• Hansel & Gretel2002 · as Katie
• Sweet Home Alabama2002 · as Young Melanie
• Trapped2002 · as Abby Jennings
• I Am Sam2001 · as Lucy Diamond Dawson
• Father Xmas2001 · as Clairee
• Tomcats2001 · as Little Girl in Park
• Alma—

All TV Shows (39)

• All Her Fault2025 · as Jenny Kaminski
• The Perfect Couple2024 · as Abby Winbury
• RIPLEY2024 · as Marge Sherwood
• The First Lady2022 · as Susan Elizabeth Ford
• OATS Studios2021 · as Barkley
• Last Looks2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• gen:LOCK2019 · as Miranda Worth (voice)
• The Alienist2018 · as Sara Howard
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Jay Leno Show2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Kid Wonder Woman (voice)
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Taken2002 · as Allie Keys
• The Hire2001 · as Lily
• The Fighting Fitzgeralds2001 · as Marie
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Brenda Collins
• Strong Medicine2000 · as Edie's Girl
• Malcolm in the Middle2000 · as Emily
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Family Guy1999 · as Little Girl (voice)
• TRL1998
• Ally McBeal1997 · as 5 Year Old Ally
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Practice1997 · as Alessa Engel
• Spin City1996 · as Cindy
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• Friends1994 · as Mackenzie
• ER1994 · as Delia Chadsey
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• The Oscars1953 · as Coraline (voice)
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series—