Dakota Fanning
4.1Acting

Dakota Fanning

Feb 23, 1994 - Conyers, Georgia, USA

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning played major roles as a child actress in the films Uptown Girls (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Dreamer (2005), and Charlotte's Web (2006), and the eponymous character in Coraline (2009).

Fanning followed with more mature roles, playing Lewellen in Hounddog (2007), Lily in The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Cherie Currie in The Runaways (2010) and Jane in The Twilight Saga (2009–2012). Throughout the 2010s, she continued appearing in independent productions such as the dramas Now Is Good (2012) and Night Moves (2013), the comedy-drama Very Good Girls (2013), and the biographical film Effie Gray (2014). In 2018, she appeared in the heist comedy Ocean's 8 and had a starring role in the period drama series The Alienist. She has since portrayed Manson girl Squeaky Fromme in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and First Daughter Susan Ford in the Showtime biographical drama series The First Lady (2022).

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2005War of the WorldsRachel Ferrier
Movie2003The Cat in the HatSally Walden
Movie2004In the Realms of the UnrealNarrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)
Movie2007CutlassLacey
Movie2001I Am SamLucy Diamond Dawson
Movie2005Hide and SeekEmily Callaway
Movie2005Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a GlitchLilo Pelekai (voice)
Movie2010The Twilight Saga: EclipseJane
Movie2002TrappedAbigail "Abby" Jennings
Movie2004Man on FireLupita Ramos
Movie2008The Secret Life of BeesLily Owens
Movie2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True StoryCale Crane
Movie2010The RunawaysCherie Currie
Movie2006Charlotte's WebFern Arable
Movie2009PushCassie Holmes
Movie2011RiseLaurence Owen
Movie2007HounddogLewellen
Movie2003Uptown GirlsRay Schleine
Movie2005Nine LivesMaria
Movie2009Winged CreaturesAnne Hagen
Movie2024The WatchersMina / Lucy
Movie2009The Twilight Saga: New MoonJane
Movie2002Hansel & GretelKatie
Movie2013The Motel LifeAnnie James
Movie2003Kim Possible: A Sitch In TimePreschool Kim Possible (voice)
Movie2013Very Good GirlsLilly Berger
Movie2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Jane
Movie2012Now Is GoodTessa Scott
Movie2014Effie GrayEuphemia 'Effie' Gray
Movie2014Night MovesDena Brauer
Movie2013The Last of Robin HoodBeverly Aadland
Movie2023The Equalizer 3Emma Collins
Movie2014Every Secret ThingRonnie Fuller
Movie2014YellowbirdDelf (voice)
Movie2015The BenefactorOlivia
Movie2016American PastoralMerry Levov
Movie2012CeliaHannah Jones
Movie2018Please Stand ByWendy Welcott
Movie2020Viena and the FantomesViena
Movie2025Vicious
MovieN/AThe Bell JarEsther Greenwood
Movie2016BrimstoneLiz
Movie2001TomcatsLittle Girl in Park
Movie2001Father XmasClairee
Movie2002Sweet Home AlabamaYoung Melanie
Movie2016The EscapeLily
Movie2018Ocean's EightPenelope Stern
Movie2017ZygoteBarkley
Movie2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'Squeaky'
Movie2021Oats Studios: Volume 1Barkley
Movie2019Sweetness in the BellyLilly Mitchell Abdal
Movie2027The NightingaleVianne
Movie2020Penn & Teller: Try This at HomeSelf
Movie2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'Self
Movie2009Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'Self
Movie2009Coraline: Creepy CoralineSelf
Movie2009CoralineCoraline Jones (voice)
MovieN/AAlma
MovieN/AUntitled Alaska Project
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf2
TV Show2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationBrenda Collins1
TV Show1999Family GuyLittle Girl (voice)1
TV Show1997Ally McBeal5 Year Old Ally1
TV Show1994FriendsMackenzie1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark2
TV Show2003Lilo & Stitch: The Series0
TV Show1996Spin CityCindy1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf2
TV Show2002TakenAllie Keys10
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno3
TV Show1997The PracticeAlessa Engel1
TV Show1999The Early ShowSelf1
TV Show2024RIPLEYMarge Sherwood8
TV Show2000Strong MedicineEdie's Girl1
TV Show2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf1
TV Show1995MADtvSelf1
TV Show1994ERDelia Chadsey1
TV Show2020Last LooksSelf18
TV Show1998TRL1
TV Show2024The Perfect CoupleAbby Winbury6
TV Show2004Justice League UnlimitedKid Wonder Woman (voice)1
TV Show2001The Fighting FitzgeraldsMarie1
TV Show2018The AlienistSara Howard18
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson Show1
TV Show2022The First LadySusan Elizabeth Ford10
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest4
TV Show2019gen:LOCKMiranda Worth (voice)16
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelf1
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2001The HireLily1
TV Show2000Malcolm in the MiddleEmily1
TV ShowN/AAll Her FaultJenny1
TV Show2012Honest TrailersJane (archive footage)2
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee1

Crew

Media
MovieN/AThe Bell JarProducerProduction
Movie2018Hello ApartmentDirectorDirecting
Movie2018Hello ApartmentStoryWriting
Movie2027The NightingaleProducerProduction
TV ShowN/AMargo's Got Money TroublesExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2024Mastermind: To Think Like a KillerExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/ADeath in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?Executive ProducerProduction