Dakota Fanning is an American actress who started her career as a child actress. Her hard work and her talent led to her playing the lead role in The Twilight Saga. This was the movie that brought her career and acting skills into the limelight.
This article is more than just a biography of a movie star named Dakota Fanning. This article is an attempt to bring together the pieces of the story Dakota Fanning is trying to create about her life.
The Backstory of Dakota Fanning
Dakota has been on stage since her early days. She Came into this world on February 23, 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, U.S. Dakota, having been raised Southern Baptist. Dakota Fanning’s full name is Hannah Dakota Fanning. She writes Dakota Fanning in accordance
As of 2024, Dakota is 30 years old. Dakota Fanning is of average height of around 5 feet 4 inches with figure measurements 32-25-34 and weighs around 50 kg. Dakota has stunning blue eyes and blond hair. Blond is not the natural color of her hair.
It can be said that Dakota was born to be a star. ‘I’ve always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. In Dakota’s words, I’ve always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.’ For her, the commercial, film, and TV sets were her Gurukul, her alma mater. She loved it and absorbed all the lessons like a sponge.
Dakota Fanning Family
Both her parents had been extremely supportive of her decision to start acting. Dakota was 5 years old when she started acting. Her mother used to go on sets with her. As a child actor, one of her most memorable moments was when the director called her a “hero girl”. Dakota and her mother Heather both got excited when they heard ‘Hero Girl’. Initially, she thought that the director was complimenting her. Later, she realized that it was a technical terminology used to address cast members. It was neither a compliment nor a phrase specific to her.
Dakota’s father is Steven J. Fanning. He used to play baseball in the Minor Leagues. After that, he was an electronics salesman in Los Angeles (LA), California. Her mother, Heather Joy was a professional tennis player. Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning are sisters. Elle Fanning is Dakota’s younger sister and decided to become an actress after seeing her career take shape.
Dakota Fanning Education
Fanning graduated from Campbell hHall School in California. The school is located in Studio City California. Afterwards she went to New York university.
Career
Dakota started her career at a very young age. She started her career with a Tide commercial in 1999. Two years later, in 2001, she did one of her most iconic movies titled I Am Sam which had grossed around $97 million at the box office internationally. Her movies have consistently done well at the box office. Her movie War Of Worlds had grossed around 604 million dollars at the box office. Some of her other movies did even better when it comes to making money at the box office. All the various parts of the movie series, The Twilight Saga, have earned over $3.36 billion worldwide.
Elle and Dakota Fanning
Elle and Dakota Fanning have worked together in the movie I Am Sam. She played the younger version of Dakota in the movie. The next time both the sisters appeared together in a movie together is Nightingale. According to some sources, this movie was initially planned to be released in 2009, but has now been pushed to 2025.
The movies Dakota Fanning has worked in so far has won 18 awards and was nominated 39 different times. Some of the notable awards that she has won are –
- Kids Choice Awards for her role in Charlotte’s Web
- MTV Movie + TV Awards for the best performance in a scary role for the movie Hide and Seek
Some of the most notable awards for which she has received nominations are –
- Screen Actors Guild award for best acting. The movies that were nominated are I Am Sam and Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood.
- Gold Derby awards for Ripley, The Alienist, and Once Upon A Time….In Hollywood
Dakota Fanning’s Role In Twilight
Twilight was nominated for the Grammy Award in 2010. The Twilight Saga was a movie that was released in four parts. The First part was titled Twilight. The second part was titled New Moon. The third part in the saga was Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The fourth part was Breaking Dawn – part 2. She played the lead role of Jane in the movie.
Jane (played by Dakota ) is a Tween Vampire who has a twin brother named Alec. The backstory of her character is as follows. According to the storyline, Jane and her twin brother were born during the Dark Ages in England. Aro, who was the head of the Volturi guard had spotted Jane’s potential as a vampire but had initially decided to wait to turn them into a vampire, but had to turn her into a vampire to save her life. Due to this, Jane’s superpowers became to make people feel like they were being burnt alive.
Dakota Fanning Relationship and Marriage
Dakota Fanning is currently unmarried. However, she has been dating, and most recently she has been seen with Henry Frye. Before him, she dated Jamie Strachan who is a model. Dakota dated Strachan till 2016. Before dating Strachan , Dakota has had two relationships. One was with Cameron Bright and Logan Markley. She has also dated Freddie Highmore briefly.
Net Worth
As of 2024, Dakota Fanning net worth is around $12 million dollars and is $6 million richer than her sister Elle Fanning. Her net worth comes from a variety of sources. Her primary source of income comes from her acting and modeling career. Further, she is street-smart with her money. In 2017, she combined her financial resources with her younger sister Elle to buy a house worth $2.3 million. Then in 2019, Dakota bought another property worth $3 Million. In 2020, Dakota sold one of her properties for $2.7 million. Further, some sources estimate that on an annual basis, she earns a salary of around $2 Million.
Social Media
Dakota has over 4 million followers on instagram. Her Instagram handle is @dakotafanning. On Twitter she has over 1.5k followers and her handle is @dakotafanninga. On Facebook she has over 4.5 lakh followers and her facebook page is Dakota Fanning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dakota Fanning did not kill Merritt. Dakota played the role of Abby in a Netflix show that told the story of a fictional couple. In this show, she plays the role of Abby. In the show, Abby kills another character Merritt. According to the storyline of the show, Abby had to kill Merritt Monaco to prevent her family from falling apart.
Dakota Fanning has played the role of a pregnant character named Abby in a Netflix Series. As of 2024, Dakota Fanning is not pregnant.
At 15 years of age, Dakota Fanning appeared in Twilight: New Moon. In the movie, Dakota Fanning played the role of Jane who was a member of the Volturi group. The character of Jane (played by Dakota Fanning) did not make it beyond the age of 13.
Dakota Fanning was a voice actor in the film Coraline. She had started working on the film Coraline at the age of 10 and was 14 by the time the movie was released. She was the voice actor for the character Coraline Jones. Coraline was a dark fantasy horror film and is the movie adaptation of the novella written by the same name by Gaiman.
English, French, Arabic, and Spanish are the three languages Dakota Fanning is Fluent in. She is a native English language language language speaker. She learned Arabic and Spanish for some of the roles she has played in the past. Dakota is learning French as a part of her hobby.