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Dakota Johnson

Acting

Born October 4, 1989 · Austin, Texas, USA

Also known as Dakota Mayi Johnson

Biography

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 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 her breakthrough playing the lead role in the erotic Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018). In 2016, she received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and was featured in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dakota Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 2025
  • Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award · 2019
  • People's Choice Awards · 2016
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 2015
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Screen Couple/Ensemble · 2015
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  • Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardBest Cast · 2010
  • Golden Globe Ambassador · 2006
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 2017 · nominated
  • BAFTA Rising Star Award · 2016 · nominated
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Breakthrough Performance · 2016 · nominated
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Kiss · 2016 · nominated
  • Young Hollywood Awards · 2014 · nominated
  • Women's Image Network Awards · 2013 · nominated
  • San Diego Film Critics Society AwardBest Performance by an Ensemble · 2010 · nominated
  • Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association · 2010 · nominated

Filmography47 titles

The Office

2005as Dakota

Call Me by Your Name

2017Thanks

The Peanut Butter Falcon

2019as Eleanor

The Social Network

2010as Amelia Ritter

Our Friend

2019as Nicole Teague

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Cha Cha Real Smooth

2022as Domino

Hot Ones

2015as Self

The High Note

2020as Maggie Sherwoode

Suspiria

2018as Susie

21 Jump Street

2012as Fugazy

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018as Emily Summerspring

Fifty Shades Freed

2018as Anastasia Steele

Ben and Kate

2012as Kate Fox

The Lost Daughter

2021as Nina

Fifty Shades Darker

2017as Anastasia Steele

Black Mass

2015as Lindsey Cyr

Am I OK?

2022as Lucy

Need for Speed

2014as Anita Coleman

Materialists

2025as Lucy

Splitsville

2025as Julie

Daddio

2023as Girlie

How to Be Single

2016as Alice Kepley

Beastly

2011as Sloan Hagen

Slip

Executive Producer

A Bigger Splash

2015as Penelope Lanier

Persuasion

2022as Anne Elliot

Crazy in Alabama

1999as Sondra

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015as Anastasia Steele

The Five-Year Engagement

2012as Audrey

The Nowhere Inn

2020as Self

The Drew Barrymore Show

2020as Self

Chloe and Theo

2015as Chloe

Date and Switch

2014as Em

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Goats

2012as Minnie

For Ellen

2012as Cindy Taylor

Madame Web

2024as Cassandra Webb

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self - Guest

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

2023as Shere Hite (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self

Wounds

2019as Carrie

Cymbeline

2014as Imogen