Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American film actress who debuted as a child actress in 2000. Dakota's notable works are 2001's I Am Sam, 2005's World Wars, Hide and Seek, and 2006's Charlotte's Web. Fanning was also one of the youngest nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Her sister Elle is also a well-known actress.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="6" > early life</h1>
Fanning was born in Camus, Georgia, to the son of a professional tennis player, Joy. Arrington, whose father is Steve J. Fanning, played in the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League and is now a salesman for the Los Angeles electronics industry. [3] [4] Her grandfather, Rick Arrington, was a football player, while her aunt, Jill Arrington, was an ESPN announcer. Dakota Fanning's sister, Elle Fanning, is also an actress. Fanning's mother wanted to name her "Hannah" and her father wanted to name him "Dakota", both of which were used, and she always used the name "Dakota" between friends and family. Fanning is half German, and the origin of her surname is Irish. Fanning and her family's faith is Baptists, and she and her family are members of the Southern Baptist Church.
< h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="9" > career</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="10">1999-2003</h1>
Fanning, who was five years old, co-starred with legendary musician Ray Charles on a television commercial for the State Lotto and was also selected by Tide to perform ads. Her first key performance was in a cameo appearance in NBC's primetime play The Story of the Emergency Room, a role that remains her favorite — "I played a leukemia patient in a car accident, and when I did that work, I had to wear a neck loop and nose canal for two whole days." ”
Fanning also went on to make several cameo appearances on fixed tv episodes, including Crime Scene Investigation, Friends, The Practice, Spin City, and Malcolm in the Middle, and she also played important roles as a little girl in Ally McBeal and Ellen Show (hosted by Alan DeGeneres). In 2001, Fanning was selected to play with Sean Penn in the film I Am Sam, a story about an insane man fighting for custody of his daughter.
This role, because of his outstanding supporting role, made Fanning the youngest actor in the film and television Actors Guild award nomination record (in 2002, at the age of 8). When she won the Best Young Actor award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, she was too small to touch the microphone, so the presenter, Orlando Blue, held her to give her her acceptance speech.
In 2002, director Steven Spiel was cast to cast Fanning to play the role of child star protagonist "Allison "Allie" Clarke/Keys" from the sketch science fiction film Taken. At the same time, she received many positive reviews from film critics, including The Washington Post film critic Tom Shales, who wrote of Fanning in her review: "She has an unconventional and perfect appearance, meeting the conditions of a fascinating young actress... Excellent conditions. ”
In the same year, Fanning appeared in three films: in the film Step by Step Crisis, playing a kidnapper who bargained with the kidnappers; in the film "Beautiful Stilt Family" in the childhood of Reese Weisson, in the film "Hansel and Gretel" to play Katie.
Fanning played more important roles in two films published in 2003: in the film "The Rich Woman on the Bar," in which the heroine Britney Murphy played the role of an immature nanny who cared for an irritable child; and in the film Magical Cat, she played the role of Sally. She appeared on Jay Renault's show The Tonight Show on November 10, 2003, in which she stated that she shared a room with her sister and described Mike Miles, a co-star in the movie Enchanted Cat, as "very interesting."
During this time, Fanning dubbed four animated films: the English version of The Grass Wall in Totoro, kim Possible in the Disney Channel series Kim Possible, a little girl in Fox Television's series Family Guy, and a young wonder girl on The Justice League.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="34">2004-2007</h1>
In 2004, Fanning appeared in the film Fury Rescue as Angry, a nine-year-old girl who, after a long relationship, earned the heart of a retired bodyguard played by Danzo Washington, who was hired to protect the girl from the crisis of kidnapping. Roger Albert writes of Fanning: "A professional who was only ten years old and created a character that won hearts and minds. ”
The film Hide and Seek, her first release in 2005, in which she played a rivalry with Robert Tenero, and critic Chuck said: "It would be a beautiful matchup of equal strength — if the child star Fanning challenged the master Downelo to play a game of right-eye, the legendary master would be the one who would blink first." Fanning dubbed the character of Lilo in the direct-release videotape film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. She also participated in part of Rodrigo Garcia's 2005 film, in which she performed a nine-minute unspectacled segment with actress Glenn Cross, who praised Fanning and said, "She definitely has an old soul, she's the kind of person who is talented and unprecedented." ”
In the film "War of the Worlds," director Steven Spielberg praised her acting prowess: "What she does can be reflected in real situations." At the end of January 2004, Fanning completed the filming of the film Dream Mercedes(with Kolt Russell). Curt Russell said he was surprised by the performance of the co-actors in the film (referring to Fanning, of course). Russell, 54, who plays Fanning's father in the film, said Fanning was the best actress he's ever worked on in his acting career, and she was amazed at her acting skills and mellow attitude. Russell added: "I promise you that Dakota is the best actress I've ever met in my entire acting career. Chris Christopherson, who plays her grandfather in the play, said she was like the reincarnation of Beatty Davis.
During the promotion of the movie "Dream Mercedes", Fanning became a registered member of the Girl Scouts of the United States at a special ceremony, and the Girl Scouts "San Fernando Valley" conference reviewed the film, and Fanning was not selected with a group of people, but registered as a girl scout given independent registration by the Girl Scouts.
She then joined the film crew for World Wars, alongside Tom Cruise, and the order of release was reversed (World Wars was released in June 2005, and Dream Mercedes was released in October), both films were successful in film reviews, and World Wars director Steven Spielberg praised her: "She was so quick to understand the whole situation in an orderly manner, she was so quick to measure the whole situation, Estimate its condition and can react in a real state. ”
When the filming of the World War was completed, Fanning quickly moved on to the next film, Charlotte's Web, which she completed in Australia in May 2005. Released on December 15, 2006, Charlotte's Web received some real and warm acclaim: Producer Jordan Kerner said: "When she was trapped in World Wars, we had to end up looking for other young actresses to perform, but none of them could compare to her. Fanning also voiced the film Ghost Mother, which is scheduled to be released during 2008.
After the summer of 2006, Fanning filmed Hounddog, a journalist in the southern countryside who wrote dark stories, violence and flattery, and the agent noticed that the script was an excellent challenge for Fanning to become an actress. Fanning's parents, who had been criticized for allowing her to play a role that had been raped, said it was an "attack" and not a real event, and she told Reuters: "It was a movie, and it was called acting." Director Deborah Cammel put the argument into account at her January 2007 premiere: "What hypothetical slurs are just to deny her talent in this film." ”
Between March and April 2007, Fanning filmed Winged Creatures, which worked with Kate Bechensa, Guy Pierce, Josh Hutson, and Forest Whitaker. Fanning plays Anne Hagen, a girl who witnesses her father's murder.
In July 2007, Fanning spent three days shooting the short film Cutlass, directed by Kate Henderson and adapted from essays by magazine audiences. Between September and December 2007, Fanning filmed Push in Hong Kong as a 13-year-old girl with prophecy powers.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="36" >2008 to date</h1>
In January 2008, Fanning participated in the film St. Mary's on a Honey Jar, adapted from Sue Monk Kidd's novel of the same name. On August 6, 2014, it was announced that Fanning had joined Ewon McQuegger's self-directed performance of "American Heart Storm." The film was released in October 2016.
In February 2014, she voiced the character of Deeve in the animated film Goldfinch.
In 2015, it was confirmed that she and will join the crew of the Western thriller "Hummer Girl". In June 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that she and Kit Harrington replaced Mia Vascoska and Robert Pattinson in the film. Filming began on 15 June 2015 in Romania, Spain and Germany.
In July 2016, it was announced that Fanning would star in The Bell Jar directed by Christine Dunst, based on Xylvia Plath's 1963 novel The Beauty in a Bottle, and is Dunst's directorial debut, which began filming in 2017. In early 2017, she joined the cast of the TV series Silent Angel, created by Carey Fukunaga, which is scheduled to air in 2018. In June 2018, Fanning joined Quentin Tarantino in Hollywood Killings, in which she played Linnay Frommer, who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="39" > private life</h1>
Fanning is an avid reader, and knitting, swimming, piano, violin, ballet and horseback riding are also her passions. Fanning also wears a dental orthosis and a maxillary extender. Fanning, like her sister Elle Fanning, is a huge fan of traditional metal music.
In 2006, she was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Feast, becoming the youngest participant at the age of 12.