Dakota Fanning
Acting • Born 1994-02-23
Biography
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).
Filmography
99 credits
War of the Worlds
Movie • 2005
Rachel Ferrier
The Cat in the Hat
Movie • 2003
Sally Walden
In the Realms of the Unreal
Movie • 2004
Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)
Cutlass
Movie • 2007
Lacey
I Am Sam
Movie • 2001
Lucy Diamond Dawson
Hide and Seek
Movie • 2005
Emily Callaway
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
Movie • 2005
Lilo Pelekai (voice)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Movie • 2010
Jane
Trapped
Movie • 2002
Abby Jennings
Man on Fire
Movie • 2004
Lupita Ramos
The Secret Life of Bees
Movie • 2008
Lily Owens
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Movie • 2005
Cale Crane
The Runaways
Movie • 2010
Cherie Currie
Charlotte's Web
Movie • 2006
Fern Arable
Push
Movie • 2009
Cassie Holmes
Rise
Movie • 2011
Laurence Owen
Hounddog
Movie • 2008
Lewellen
Uptown Girls
Movie • 2003
Ray Schleine
Nine Lives
Movie • 2005
Maria
Winged Creatures
Movie • 2009
Anne Hagen
The Watchers
Movie • 2024
Mina / Lucy
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Movie • 2009
Jane
Hansel & Gretel
Movie • 2002
Katie
The Motel Life
Movie • 2013
Annie James
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Movie • 2003
Preschool Kim Possible (voice)
Very Good Girls
Movie • 2013
Lilly Berger
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Movie • 2012
Jane
Now Is Good
Movie • 2012
Tessa Scott
Effie Gray
Movie • 2014
Euphemia 'Effie' Gray
Night Moves
Movie • 2014
Dena Brauer
The Last of Robin Hood
Movie • 2013
Beverly Aadland
The Equalizer 3
Movie • 2023
Emma Collins
Every Secret Thing
Movie • 2014
Ronnie Fuller
Yellowbird
Movie • 2014
Delf (voice)
The Benefactor
Movie • 2015
Olivia
American Pastoral
Movie • 2016
Merry Levov
Celia
Movie • 2012
Hannah Jones
Please Stand By
Movie • 2018
Wendy Welcott
Viena and the Fantomes
Movie • 2020
Viena
Vicious
Movie • 2025
Polly
Brimstone
Movie • 2016
Liz
Tomcats
Movie • 2001
Little Girl in Park
Sweet Home Alabama
Movie • 2002
Young Melanie
Father Xmas
Movie • 2001
Clairee
The Escape
Movie • 2016
Lily
Ocean's Eight
Movie • 2018
Penelope Stern
Zygote
Movie • 2017
Barkley
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Movie • 2019
'Squeaky'
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Movie • 2021
Barkley
Sweetness in the Belly
Movie • 2019
Lilly Mitchell Abdal
The Nightingale
Movie • 2027
Vianne
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Movie • 2005
Self
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
Movie • 2009
Self
Coraline: Creepy Coraline
Movie • 2009
Self
Coraline
Movie • 2009
Coraline Jones (voice)
Alma
Movie
The Sun Never Sets
Movie • 2026
Wendy
Fru! 2
Movie • 2026
Delf (voice)
The Bell Jar
Movie
Esther Greenwood
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Brenda Collins
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Little Girl (voice)
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
5 Year Old Ally
Friends
TV • 1994
Mackenzie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Spin City
TV • 1996
Cindy
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Taken
TV • 2002
Allie Keys
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest
The Practice
TV • 1997
Alessa Engel
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
RIPLEY
TV • 2024
Marge Sherwood
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Edie's Girl
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
ER
TV • 1994
Delia Chadsey
Last Looks
TV • 2020
Self
TRL
TV • 1998
The Perfect Couple
TV • 2024
Abby Winbury
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Kid Wonder Woman (voice)
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
TV • 2001
Marie
The Alienist
TV • 2018
Sara Howard
The First Lady
TV • 2022
Susan Elizabeth Ford
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
gen:LOCK
TV • 2019
Miranda Worth (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Hire
TV • 2001
Lily
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Emily
All Her Fault
TV • 2025
Jenny Kaminski
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
OATS Studios
TV • 2021
Barkley
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Untitled Dakota Fanning Thriller Series
TV
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Coraline (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest