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Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, ) is an Americanactress and model. She is best known for her starring roles in the movies Dreamer, Hounddog, and Fragments (also known as Winged Creatures).
Early life
[change | change source]Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia. Her mother, Heather Joy (née Arrington), played tennis professionally and her father, Steven J. Fanning, played minor league baseball and now works as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles, California. Her maternal grandfather is former American football player Rick Arrington, and her aunt is former ESPN reporter Jill Arrington. Dakota is the elder sister of Elle Fanning, also an actress.
Fanning is of English, French, Irish and Germanancestry. She and her family are Southern Baptist.
Child actress
[change | change source]Dakota was famous for her performance at age seven in the film I Am Sam. This earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in , as the youngest nominee in history.
Later, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire (), War of the Worlds () and Charlotte's Web (). Fanning then began the transition to more adult roles with Hounddog () and The Secret Life of Bees (). Her recent film roles have included the named character in Coraline (), Cherie Currie in The Runaways (), Annie James in "The Motel Life" (), and Jane in The Twilight Saga (–12).
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Both events will take place in Los Angeles, with a TV-focused IndieWire Honors on Thursday, June 5, and a film-focused IndieWire Honors on Thursday, December 4.
IndieWire Honors has become a key stepstone in both the TV and film awards seasons, with many IndieWire Honorees becoming Emmy and Oscar nominees and winners.
On the TV side, IndieWire Honorees who went on to earn Emmy nominations include Carol Burnett (“Palm Royale”), Quinta Brunson(“Abbott Elementary”), Dakota Fanning(“Ripley”), Matt Bomer(“Fellow Travelers”), Issa López(“True Detective: Night Country”), and Francesca Sloane(“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”), with the host of the June IndieWire Honors event, Alex Edelman, winning an Emmy
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Dakota Fanning
Actor Dakota Fanning was born Hannah Dakota Fanning in Conyers, Georgia. Her father was a former minor league baseball player and her mother a former tennis professional.
Fanning began her acting career in small local productions at the Towne Lake Arts Center in Woodstock, Georgia, a town near where she lived with her family. Her first professional acting role came in when she appeared on the long-running NBC hospital drama "ER" (NBC, ).
Fanning and her sister, actor Elle Fanning were raised in the Southern Baptist religion. In Fanning who had done small roles in a number of television series was cast opposite actor Sean Penn in the movie "I Am Sam." Her role was as the daughter of a developmentally challenged adult man who is fighting to have sole custody of his child.
Her performance received a great deal of praise. In addition to her live action work, Fanning has done a number of voice-over roles in animated productions, including an English language release of "My Neighbor Totoro" (), and "Family Guy" (Fox, ).
In Fanning appeared in "Hounddog," a dark movie that featured a scene in which Fanning's character was raped. The controversial film was poorly received, though Fanning's performance was praised. That same year Fanning was named the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences youngest member.
In Fanning starred in the movie "The Runaways" as Cherie Currie, the lead singer of the band. In July it was announced that Fanning would play the lead in the film adaptation of Sylvia Plath's novel "The Bell Jar."
In Fanning appeared in the role of Squeaky Fromme in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood."
Dakota Fanning
American actress (born )
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, ) 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 Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Fanning received recognition at the age of seven for starring in the drama film I Am Sam (), being nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and becoming the youngest nominee in SAG history. She then starred in the miniseries Taken (), and in the films Uptown Girls (), Man on Fire (), War of the Worlds (), Charlotte's Web (), The Secret Life of Bees (), and Coraline (). She transitioned to mature roles with The Twilight Saga (–) and the independent films The Runaways (), Now Is Good () and Effie Gray ().
Fanning appeared in films such as Ocean's 8 (), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (), and The Equalizer 3 (), and the television series The Alienist (), The First Lady () and The Perfect Couple (). In , Fanning received renewed critical recognition for starring in the thriller miniseries Ripley, which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Early life
Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia. She attended a Montessori School in Covington. Her mother, Heather Joy (née Arrington), played tennis professionally and her father, Steven J. Fanning, played minor league baseball and later worked as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles. Her maternal grandfather was former American football player Rick Arrington, and her aunt is former ESPN reporter Jill Arrington. Her ancestors include William Farrar.