Dakota Fanning
Actor
Name at birth: Hannah Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning is the super-busy child actor whose performance in 2001's I Am Sam (with Sean Penn) earned her critical praise and a cascade of high-profile movie roles. Preternaturally mature and adorable, Fanning has also appeared in the comedies Sweet Home, Alabama (2002, with Reese Witherspoon) and Uptown Girls (2003), Steven Spielberg's TV mini-series Taken (2002) and the live-action version of Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat (2003, with Mike Myers). In 2004 she co-starred with Denzel Washington in the revenge drama Man on Fire, and in 2007 she found herself in the middle of a dust-up over a violent rape scene in the movie Hounddog.
Extra credit: Dakota's younger sister, Elle, is also an actress and has appeared with her in Taken, and I Am Sam.
Four Good Links
Dakota Fanning Filmography
Includes her voice work and TV appearances
Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning
They praise each other's work in this 2004 interview
Lovely Dakota
Yes, there's a fan site, with photos, film information and quotes
Dakota Fanning on Hounddog
2006 story on the rumors surrounding her 2007 film
Vital Stats
Birth
23 February 1994
(age 14)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Young actress from The Cat in the Hat and Man on Fire
