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Also known as Hannah Dakota Fanning

Hannah Dakota Fanning is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actor and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Dakota Fanning is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and television actor. Born Hanna Dakota Fanning on February 23, 1994, in Conyers, she began her work period in 1999. She is educated at New York University and resides in Georgia and Los Angeles. Fanning is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention and speaks English. Her ethnic background includes German, Irish, French, and British American heritage.

She has received the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer and the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance. Fanning has also been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as additional Broadcast Film Critics Association and MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss and Best Scared-As-S**t Performance. Her sibling is Elle Fanning.

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Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actor and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fanning received recognition at age 7 for starring in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for…

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  • The Nightingale — Vianne2027
  • The Sun Never Sets — Wendy2026
  • Fru! 2 — Delf (voice)2026
  • Vicious — Polly2025
  • All Her Fault — Jenny Kaminski2025
  • The Watchers — Mina / Lucy2024
  • RIPLEY — Marge Sherwood2024
  • The Perfect Couple — Abby Winbury2024
  • The Equalizer 3 — Emma Collins2023
  • The First Lady — Susan Elizabeth Ford2022

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Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1994

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Given name
Dakota
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Conyers
Occupation
voice actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.dakota-fanning.org
Image
Dakota Fanning SAG AWARDS 2020 (cropped).jpg
Height
164
Work location
United States
Residence
Los Angeles
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Dakota Fanning
date of birth
1994-02-23
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start of work period
1999-00-00
birth name
Hanna Dakota Fanning
social media followers
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time period
21st century
writing language
English language
ethnic group
British Americans
name in native language
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Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actress and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Fanning received recognition at the age of seven for starring in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), being nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. She became the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning appeared in the films Uptown Girls (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), the latter two cementing her stardom. She continued to appear in children's films such as Charlotte's Web (2006) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008).

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