Dakota Fanning biography
Dakota Fanning is an American actress and model (born 1994), born on 23 February 1994 in Conyers.
Dakota Fanning's screen career began in 2000 with The Practice, playing Alessa Engel.
Dakota Fanning has appeared in 55 films and 23 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Sun Never Sets (2026), Vicious (2025), The Watchers (2024).
Honours include Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer and MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance.
Coming up next: The Nightingale (2027).
- Also known as
- Hannah Dakota Fanning
- Born
- 23 February 1994 (age 32)
- Birthplace
- Conyers
- Work
- Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor, Voice actor, Dub actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1999 to present
- Awards
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer
- MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance
Dakota Fanning filmography
56 films and 23 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Nightingale | Vianne Mauriac | Post-production | |
| 2026 | The Sun Never Sets | Wendy | Also producer | |
| 2025 | Vicious | Polly | ||
| 2024 | The Watchers | Mina • Lucy | ||
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3 | Emma Collins | ||
| 2020 | Viena and the Fantomes | Viena | Filming completed in 2014 | |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme | ||
| 2019 | Sweetness in the Belly | Lilly Mitchell Abdal | ||
| 2018 | Ocean's 8 | Penelope Stern | ||
| 2017 | Zygote | Barklay | Short film | |
| 2017 | Please Stand By | Wendy | ||
| 2016 | American Pastoral | Meredith "Merry" Levov | ||
| 2016 | Brimstone | Liz | ||
| 2016 | The Escape | Lily | Short film | |
| 2015 | The Benefactor | Olivia | ||
| 2014 | Every Secret Thing | Ronnie Fuller | ||
| 2014 | Effie | English | ||
| 2014 | Yellowbird | Delf | Voice role | |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Euphemia "Effie" Gray | ||
| 2013 | Night Moves | Dena Brauer | ||
| 2013 | Very Good Girls | Lilly Berger | ||
| 2013 | The Last of Robin Hood | Beverly Aadland | ||
| 2013 | After Earth | English | ||
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn , Part 2 | Jane Volturi | ||
| 2012 | The Motel Life | Annie James |
Show all 56 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Now Is Good | Tessa Scott | ||
| 2012 | Celia | Hannah Jones | Short film | |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn , Part 1 | English | ||
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Jane Volturi | ||
| 2010 | The Runaways | Cherie Currie | ||
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Jane Volturi | ||
| 2009 | Push | Cassie Holmes | ||
| 2009 | Winged Creatures | Anne Hagen | ||
| 2009 | Coraline: The Game | Coraline Jones | ||
| 2009 | Coraline | Coraline Jones | Voice role | |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of Bees | Lily Owens | ||
| 2008 | Fragments | English | ||
| 2007 | Hounddog | Lewellen | ||
| 2007 | Cutlass | Lacy | Short film | |
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Fern Arable | ||
| 2005 | Dreamer | Cale Crane | ||
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Rachel Ferrier | ||
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Maria | ||
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Emily Callaway | ||
| 2005 | Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch | Lilo Pelekai | Voice role; Direct-to-video film | |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Guadalupe "Lupita" (Pita) Ramos | ||
| 2004 | My Neighbor Totoro | Satsuki Kusakabe | Voice role; English dub | |
| 2004 | In the Realms of the Unreal | Narrator | Voice role | |
| 2003 | The Cat in the Hat | Sally Walden | ||
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | Lorraine "Ray" Schleine | ||
| 2002 | Trapped | Abigail "Abby" Jennings | ||
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | Young Melanie Carmichael | ||
| 2002 | Hansel and Gretel | Katie | ||
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Lucy Diamond Dawson | ||
| 2001 | Tomcats | Little Girl in Park | ||
| 2001 | Father Xmas | Clairee | Short film |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Margo's Got Money Troubles | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2025 | Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2025 | All Her Fault | Jenny Kaminski | Miniseries; 8 episodes | |
| 2024 | The Perfect Couple | Abby Winbury | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
| 2024 | Ripley | Marge Sherwood | Miniseries; 8 episodes | |
| 2024 | Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | The First Lady | Susan Ford Bales | Main role; 7 episodes | |
| 2019 | Gen:Lock | Miranda Worth | Voice role; 14 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Alienist | Sara Howard | Main role; 18 episodes | |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Young Wonder Woman | Voice role; Episode: "Kids' Stuff" | |
| 2004 | Friends | Mackenzie | Episode: "The One with Princess Consuela" | |
| 2003 | Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Young Kim Possible | Voice role; television film | |
| 2002 | Taken | Allie Keys | Main role; 10 episodes (6 episodes voice only) | |
| 2001 | The Fighting Fitzgeralds | Marie | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Young Ellen | Episode: "Missing the Bus" | |
| 2001 | Malcolm in the Middle | Emily | Episode: "New Neighbors" | |
| 2001 | Family Guy | Little Girl | Voice role; Episode: "To Love and Die in Dixie" | |
| 2000 | The Practice | Alessa Engel | Episode: "The Deal" | |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Edie's Girl | Episode: "Misconceptions" | |
| 2000 | Spin City | Cindy | Episode: "Toy Story" | |
| 2000 | ER | Delia Chadsey | Episode: "The Fastest Year" | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Brenda Collins | Episode: "Blood Drops" | |
| 2000 | Ally McBeal | Ally (5 years old) | Episode: "The Musical, Almost" |