Dakota Johnson | |
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Born | Dakota Mayi Johnson October 4, 1989 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
Partner | Chris Martin (2017–present) |
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Awards | Full list |
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 also 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 a leading breakout role for the erotic film series Fifty Shades (2015–2018). In 2016, she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and was featured in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list.[1]
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).