
Dakota Johnson
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Biography
Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, she made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in the dark comedy film Crazy in Alabama (1999) with her mother. After graduating high school, she began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles and was cast in a minor part in The Social Network (2010). Johnson had her breakthrough playing Anastasia Steele in the erotic romantic drama film series Fifty Shades (2015–2018), and received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination in 2016.
Johnson appeared in films such as the crime drama Black Mass (2015), Luca Guadagnino's drama A Bigger Splash (2015), the romantic comedy How to Be Single (2016), the supernatural horror film Suspiria (2018), the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), the coming-of-age film The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), Maggie Gyllenhaal's psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), and Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022).
She has received various awards and nominations, including a People's Choice Award, and nominations for a BAFTA Award and two MTV Movie & TV Awards. She was also featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

The Office

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

El hormiguero

Late Show with David Letterman

The Social Network

21 Jump Street

The Five-Year Engagement

Need for Speed

Beastly

Bad Times at the El Royale

Black Mass

A Bigger Splash

The Peanut Butter Falcon

The Lost Daughter

Cha Cha Real Smooth

Wounds

Daddio

Persuasion

Fifty Shades Darker

How to Be Single

Am I OK?

Fifty Shades Freed

Suspiria

Fifty Shades of Grey

Madame Web

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