Dakota Fanning

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/06/dakota_fanning_in_twilight_good_girl_plays_bad.html|title=Dakota Fanning in 'Twilight': Good girl plays bad|date=June 27, 2010|publisher=NJ.com|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622011153/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/06/dakota_fanning_in_twilight_good_girl_plays_bad.html|url-status=live}} Her maternal grandfather was former American football player Rick Arrington, and her aunt is former ESPN reporter Jill Arrington.{{cite magazine|last=Stein|first=Joel|title=The Million-Dollar Baby|magazine=Time|date=February 27, 2005|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1032353,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050302004129/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1032353,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2005|access-date=December 10, 2007}} Her ancestors include William Farrar.{{cite news|url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/so-turns-out-the-fanning-sisters-are-royals-3452|title=So turns out the Fanning sisters are royals|work=Elle Australia|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030210130/https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/so-turns-out-the-fanning-sisters-are-royals-3452|url-status=live}} Dakota is the elder sister of actress Elle Fanning; both of them use their middle names as their given names due to family tradition. They grew up as Southern Baptists.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/elle-fanning-on-her-real-first-name-the-neon-demon-and-so-much-more|title=Elle Fanning on Why She Doesn't Go by Her Real First Name, The Neon Demon, and So Much More|magazine=Glamour|date=June 23, 2016|accessdate=June 11, 2023|last=Radloff|first=Jessica|archive-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531154050/https://www.glamour.com/story/elle-fanning-on-her-real-first-name-the-neon-demon-and-so-much-more|url-status=live}}{{cite web |publisher=lifeteen.com |title=Interview: Dakota Fanning |url=http://www.lifeteen.com/default.aspx?PageID=FEATUREDETAIL&__DocumentId=106317&__ArticleIndex=0 |access-date=July 19, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040334/http://www.lifeteen.com/default.aspx?PageID=FEATUREDETAIL&__DocumentId=106317&__ArticleIndex=0 |archive-date =September 28, 2007}}

When Dakota Fanning was a small child, she was an actress at the Towne Lake Arts Center in Woodstock, Georgia, starring in small plays.{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Dakota Fanning Says the Pressure to Go From Child Star to Adult Actor 'Would Make You Crazy' |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dakota-fanning-says-pressure-go-child-star-adult-actor-make-crazy.html/ |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet |language=en-US |archive-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815163504/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dakota-fanning-says-pressure-go-child-star-adult-actor-make-crazy.html/ |url-status=live }} In 1999, at the age of five, she began her professional acting career, appearing in a Tide television commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest role in the NBC prime-time drama ER, which remains one of her favorite roles:

{{blockquote|I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.{{cite web|publisher=Jam! Movies |title=Fanning the flames |url=https://www.canoe.com/JamMoviesArtistsF/fanning_dakota.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306084204/http://www.canoe.com/JamMoviesArtistsF/fanning_dakota.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2002 |access-date=March 13, 2006 }}}}

Fanning then had several guest roles on television series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, and Spin City. She also portrayed the title characters of Ally McBeal and The Ellen Show as young girls.

In 2001, Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and her younger sister Elle Fanning in the film I Am Sam, as the daughter of a mentally challenged man who fights for custody of her. Her role in the film made Fanning the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, being seven years of age at the time.{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/history_8 |title=History of the 8th SAG Awards |publisher=Screen Actors Guild Awards |date=March 10, 2002 |access-date=April 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907174953/http://www.sagawards.org/history_8 |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }} She also won the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for her performance.{{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2001 |publisher=Bfca.org |access-date=April 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219132005/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |archive-date=February 19, 2012 }} Fanning's performance would later be incorporated into the music video for Rufus Wainwright's cover of the Beatles' "Across the Universe"; the song itself was included in I Am Sam.{{Citation|title=Rufus Wainwright: Across the Universe|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7062728/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202200708/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7062728/|url-status=live}}{{Citation|title=Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe| date=October 7, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAe1lVDbLf0|language=en|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202164631/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAe1lVDbLf0|url-status=live|via=YouTube}}

In 2002, director Steven Spielberg cast Fanning in the lead child role of Allison "Allie" Clarke/Keys in the science fiction miniseries Taken. By this time, she had received positive notices from several film critics, including Tom Shales of The Washington Post, who wrote that Fanning "has the perfect sort of otherworldly look about her, an enchanting young actress called upon ... to carry a great weight."{{cite web | work=The Washington Post |via=virtuallystrange.net | title=Sci Fi's 'Taken' Grabs You and Doesn't Let Go | url=http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/dec/m03-004.shtml |access-date=March 13, 2006 | url-status=usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041217113715/http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/dec/m03-004.shtml |archive-date =December 17, 2004}} In the same year, Fanning appeared in three films: as a kidnapping victim who proves to be more than her abductors bargained for in Trapped, as the young version of Reese Witherspoon's character in Sweet Home Alabama, and as Katie in the film Hansel and Gretel.

A year later, she starred in two prominent films: playing the uptight child to an immature nanny played by Brittany Murphy in Uptown Girls, and as Sally in The Cat in the Hat. In addition, Fanning did voice-over work for four animated projects during this period, including voicing Satsuki in Disney's English language release of My Neighbor Totoro, starring alongside her younger sister Elle Fanning, who voiced Mei; a little girl in the Fox series Family Guy; and a young Wonder Woman in the episode "Kids Stuff" from Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited.File:Dakota Fanning WOTW London retouch.jpg in 2005]]

In 2004, Fanning appeared in Man on Fire as Pita, a nine-year-old who wins over the heart of a retired mercenary (Denzel Washington) hired to protect her from kidnappers. Roger Ebert wrote that Fanning "is a pro at only ten years old, and creates a heart-winning character."{{cite news | publisher=rogerebert.com | title=Man on Fire (review) | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/man-on-fire-2004 | access-date=March 13, 2006 | archive-date=June 2, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602103155/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/man-on-fire-2004 | url-status=live }} In 2004, she made an appearance on season ten of the television series Friends, playing the role of Mackenzie, a young girl who is moving out of the house Monica and Chandler are buying. Hide and Seek was her first release in 2005, opposite Robert De Niro. The film was generally panned, but critic Chuck Wilson called it "a fascinating meeting of equals – if the child star [Fanning] challenged the master [De Niro] to a game of stare-down, the legend might very well blink first."{{cite web|publisher=laweekly.com |title=Hide and Seek review |url=http://www.laweekly.com/film/film_results.php?showid=3257 |access-date=March 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050423123015/http://www.laweekly.com/film/film_results.php?showid=3257 |archive-date=April 23, 2005 }}

Fanning voiced Lilo Pelekai (taking over for Daveigh Chase) in the direct-to-video film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. She also had a small part in the Rodrigo García film Nine Lives (released in October 2005), in which she shared an unbroken nine-minute scene with actress Glenn Close, who had her own praise for Fanning: "She's definitely an old soul. She's one of those gifted people that come along every now and then."{{cite web|publisher=monstersandcritics.com |title=Glenn Close raves about Dakota Fanning |url=http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1049828.php |access-date=March 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121143450/http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1049828.php |archive-date=November 21, 2006 }} Fanning also recorded her lead role in Coraline during this time.{{cite web|publisher=about.com|title=Dakota Fanning Signs on to "Coraline"|url=http://movies.about.com/od/moviesinproduction/a/coraline102505.htm|date=October 25, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524213008/http://movies.about.com/od/moviesinproduction/a/coraline102505.htm|archive-date=May 24, 2006|access-date=March 13, 2006}} Fanning completed filming on Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (opposite Kurt Russell) in late October 2004.

Kris Kristofferson, who plays her character's grandfather in the film, said that she is like Bette Davis reincarnated.{{cite web | publisher=reel.com | title= Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005) DVD Review | url=http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=141246&PID=10121575&Tab=reviews&CID=18 | access-date=January 28, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070101194157/http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=141246&PID=10121575&Tab=reviews&CID=18 |archive-date =January 1, 2007}} While promoting her role in Dreamer, Fanning became a registered member of Girl Scouts of the USA at a special ceremony, which was followed by a screening of the film for members of the Girl Scouts of the San Fernando Valley Council.{{cite web| publisher=girlscouts.org| title=Dakota Fanning, Movie Star and Girl Scout| url=http://www.girlscouts.org/news/news_releases/2005/dakota_fanning.asp| access-date=April 28, 2007| archive-date=June 20, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620075020/http://girlscouts.org/news/news_releases/2005/dakota_fanning.asp| url-status=dead}}

Fanning then went on to star in War of the Worlds, starring alongside Tom Cruise. Released in reverse order (War in June 2005 and Dreamer in the following October), both films were a critical success.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} War director Steven Spielberg praised "how quickly she understands the situation in a sequence, how quickly she sizes it up, measures it up and how she would really react in a real situation."{{cite web|publisher=comingsoon.net |title=War of the Worlds: Spielberg & Cruise – Part I |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=10136 |access-date=March 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060308074303/http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=10136 |archive-date=March 8, 2006 }} Fanning moved to another film without a break: Charlotte's Web, which she finished filming in May 2005 in Australia, and premiered on December 15, 2006. During the summer of 2006, Fanning worked on the film Hounddog, described in press reports as a "dark story of abuse, violence, and Elvis Presley adulation in the rural South."{{cite news|publisher=nydailynews.com |title=All shook up over Dakota's Hounddog |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/436645p-367837c.html |access-date=July 20, 2006 |location=New York |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721140036/http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/436645p-367837c.html |archive-date=July 21, 2006 }} Fanning's parents have been criticized for allowing her to film a scene in which her character is raped. However, Fanning defended the film by saying to Reuters, "It's not really happening. It's a movie, and it's called acting."{{cite news | work=CNN | title=Dakota Fanning: 'It's called acting' | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/sundance.fanning.ap/ | access-date=January 29, 2007 }} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}

Although the film was a failure both at the box office and with critics,{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Roger Ebert praised Fanning's performance, comparing her to Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver.{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hounddog-2008|title=Hounddog|last=Ebert|first=Roger|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=September 18, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303092441/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hounddog-2008|url-status=live}} In the same year, at the age of twelve, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, becoming the youngest member in the academy's history.{{cite news | title=Brokeback stars to join Academy | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5153130.stm | work=BBC | date=April 2007 | access-date=April 12, 2007 | archive-date=January 4, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104091619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5153130.stm | url-status=live }} Later that year, she was ranked 4th in Forbes list of "Top-Earning Stars Aged Under 21", having earned an estimated $4 million in 2006.{{cite news |work=Forbes Magazine |title=Young Hollywood's Top-Earning Stars |date=February 26, 2007 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/23/celebrities-hollywood-earnings-tech-ent_cz_0226youngstars.html |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402144925/https://forbes.com/2007/02/23/celebrities-hollywood-earnings-tech-ent_cz_0226youngstars.html |url-status=live }}

In the spring of 2007, she filmed Fragments – Winged Creatures alongside Kate Beckinsale, Guy Pearce, Josh Hutcherson, and Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. She plays Anne Hagen, a girl who witnesses her father's murder and who turns to religion in the aftermath. In July, Fanning appeared on a short film titled Cutlass, one of Glamour's "Reel Moments" based on readers' personal essays. Cutlass was directed by Kate Hudson. From September to the end of the year, Fanning filmed Push, which centers on a group of young American expatriates with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities who hide from the Division (a U.S. government agency) in Hong Kong and band together to try to escape the control of the division.{{cite news | title=Fanning set to 'Push' for McGuigan | url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/fanning-set-to-push-for-mcguigan-2-1117970403/ | publisher=Vanity Fair | date=August 2007 | first=Dave | last=McNary | access-date=April 17, 2020 | archive-date=June 8, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608234029/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970403.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | url-status=live }} Fanning played Cassie Holmes, a 13-year-old psychic.File:Dakota Fanning, 2009.jpg in 2009]]

In January 2008, Fanning began filming the film adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees, a novel by Sue Monk Kidd.{{cite news | title=Cast set for 'Secret Life of Bees' | url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/cast-set-for-secret-life-of-bees-2-1117977996/ | date=December 2007 | work=Variety | first1=Tatiana | last1=Siegel | first2=Michael | last2=Fleming | access-date=April 17, 2020 | archive-date=December 14, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214094208/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977996.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | url-status=live }} Set in South Carolina in 1964, the story centers on Lily Owens (Fanning), who escapes her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father by running away with her caregiver and only friend (played by Jennifer Hudson) to a South Carolina town where they are taken in by an eccentric trio of beekeeping sisters (played by Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, and Alicia Keys).

Her films, horror animation Coraline and science fiction thriller Push, were released on the same day, February 6, 2009. In March 2008, upon the original creation of the film adaptation Dakota and Elle Fanning were cast to play Kate and Anna respectively in the film My Sister's Keeper. However, when Dakota heard that she would be required to shave her head for the role, she dropped out of the film as then did Elle. The two sisters were replaced; Abigail Breslin took on the lead role as Anna Fitzgerald, and Sofia Vassilieva was cast as Kate Fitzgerald.{{cite web|title=Dakota Fanning Steps Down From 'My Sister's Keeper' Role |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/13/dakota_fanning_steps_down_from_my_sister |publisher=Starpulse.com |access-date=January 12, 2012 |date=February 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119005054/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/13/dakota_fanning_steps_down_from_my_sister |archive-date=January 19, 2012 }}

Fanning played Jane, a member of the Volturi Guard, in New Moon and reprised the role in Eclipse, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer.{{cite news | title=Dakota Fanning Confirmed For 'New Moon' | url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/dakota-fanning-confirmed-for-new-moon_article_15300 | publisher=Access Hollywood | date=March 7, 2009 | access-date=March 7, 2009 | archive-date=March 31, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331134533/http://www.accesshollywood.com/dakota-fanning-confirmed-for-new-moon_article_15300 | url-status=live }} New Moon was released on November 20, 2009, and Eclipse was released on the following June. On in March 2009, she was ranked number three on the list of Forbes{{'}} Most Valuable Young Stars{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1606855/daniel-radcliffe-miley-cyrus-top-forbes-list-of-valuable-young-stars/|title=Daniel Radcliffe, Miley Cyrus Top Forbes List of Valuable Young Stars|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|work=MTV|date=March 12, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329003308/http://www.mtv.com/news/1606855/daniel-radcliffe-miley-cyrus-top-forbes-list-of-valuable-young-stars/|url-status=dead}} after having earned an estimated $14 million.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

In 2010, she starred in the film The Runaways, alongside Kristen Stewart, Stella Maeve, and Scout Taylor-Compton, where she played Cherie Currie, the lead singer of the band. Then from the end of the year until early 2011, Fanning filmed Breaking Dawn, reprising the role of Jane.{{cite news | title="Breaking Dawn" Night Shoot! | url=http://www.gossipcenter.com/breaking-dawn/dakota-fanning-breaking-dawn-night-shoot-449354 | publisher=Gossip Center | date=December 16, 2010 | access-date=January 16, 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119131104/http://gossipcenter.com/breaking-dawn/dakota-fanning-breaking-dawn-night-shoot-449354 | archive-date=January 19, 2011 | df=mdy-all }} Fanning's voice was heard in Rise, a documentary film commissioned by U.S. Figure Skating to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the crash of Sabena Flight 548 which resulted in the loss of the entire American team and subsequent cancellation of the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. She read a poem written by U.S. national champion Laurence Owen (who died in the crash) that was said to be an eerie premonition of the afterlife.{{cite news|work=Tufts Daily |title=Figure Skating |date=February 11, 2011 |url=http://www.tuftsdaily.com/mobile/sports/figure-skating-alums-to-premiere-film-about-61-plane-crash-1.2470705 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505073411/http://www.tuftsdaily.com/mobile/sports/figure-skating-alums-to-premiere-film-about-61-plane-crash-1.2470705 |archive-date=May 5, 2011 }}{{cite news|work=Holland Sentinel |title=Filmmakers of Rise |date=February 15, 2011 |url=http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/x454337228/Q-A-Filmmakers-of-RISE-a-tale-of-the-1961-US-figure-skating-tragedy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221163751/http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/x454337228/Q-A-Filmmakers-of-RISE-a-tale-of-the-1961-US-figure-skating-tragedy |archive-date=February 21, 2011 }}

During the summer of 2011, she played Tessa in Now Is Good. Fanning also became the face of Marc Jacobs' Oh, Lola! perfume campaign, but the ad was banned in the UK as the Advertising Standards Authority judged that "the ad could be seen to sexualize a child."{{cite web|url=https://people.com/style/dakota-fanning-is-picking-clothes-for-college/|title=Dakota Fanning Oh Lola|work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110210823/http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2011/11/09/dakota-fanning-oh-lola-banned-uk/?xid=rss-topheadlines|archive-date=November 10, 2011}}{{cite news | url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8876913/Dakota-Fannings-Oh-Lola-advert-for-Marc-Jacobs-is-banned.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Olivia | last=Bergin | title=The Queen's Diamond Jubilee | date=November 9, 2011 | access-date=April 14, 2012 | archive-date=April 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415130836/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8876913/Dakota-Fannings-Oh-Lola-advert-for-Marc-Jacobs-is-banned.html | url-status=live }} In 2011, she played Annie James in The Motel Life, which was released on November 8, 2013. In the fall of 2011, Fanning played the starring role in Effie Gray, directed by Richard Laxton, written and co-starred by Emma Thompson, with Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Derek Jacobi and Claudia Cardinale.File:Dakota Fanning VF 2012 Shankbone 3.JPG]]

In August 2012, she played the lead role of a wealthy financial eco-terrorist Dena Brauer, in a thriller film Night Moves opposite actors Jesse Eisenberg and Peter Sarsgaard. The film was directed by Kelly Reichardt.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jesse-Eisenberg-Dakota-Fanning-Turn-Terrorists-Night-Moves-32438.html|title=Jesse Eisenberg And Dakota Fanning Turn Terrorists in Night Moves|work=cinemablend.com|date=August 12, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118144643/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jesse-Eisenberg-Dakota-Fanning-Turn-Terrorists-Night-Moves-32438.html|url-status=live}} Night Moves tells the story of three eco-terrorists who work at an organic farm and collaborate on a plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam.{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/jesse-and-dakota-making-night-moves-16197154.html|title=Jesse and Dakota making Night Moves|work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=September 7, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022133846/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/jesse-and-dakota-making-night-moves-16197154.html|url-status=live}}

In January 2013, she was cast as Beverly Aadland in the Errol Flynn biopic The Last of Robin Hood.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/dakota-fanning-errol-flynn-kevin-kline-last-of-robin-hood-411443/|title=Dakota Fanning To Play Kevin Kline's Teen Mistress in Errol Flynn Pic|author=|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 23, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=June 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630180013/http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/dakota-fanning-errol-flynn-kevin-kline-last-of-robin-hood/|url-status=live}} Later that year in September, Fanning was cast as Olivia in Franny.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/463513/dakota-fanning-theo-james-team-up-with-richard-gere-for-franny|title=Dakota Fanning, Theo James Join Richard Gere in Franny|website=eonline.com|date=September 26, 2013|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001835/http://www.eonline.com/news/463513/dakota-fanning-theo-james-team-up-with-richard-gere-for-franny|url-status=live}} In November, she was cast in Viena and the Fantomes as Viena; about a roadie traveling across America with a punk rock band in the 1980s.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/dakota-fanning-gerardo-naranjo-movie-636854/|title=Dakota Fanning To Star in Helmer Gerardo Naranjo's First English-Language Pic|author=|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=May 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520173741/http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/dakota-fanning-gerardo-naranjo-movie/|url-status=live}} The film was originally set to be released in 2015, but later released digitally on June 30, 2020.{{Cite web |last1=DeFore |first1=John |date=June 30, 2020 |title='Viena and the Fantomes': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/viena-fantomes-review-1301146/ |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022195727/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/viena-fantomes-review-1301146/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |date=July 1, 2020 |title='Viena and the Fantomes' Review: A Roadie and a Bad Band |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/movies/viena-and-the-fantomes-review.html |access-date=October 22, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022200404/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/movies/viena-and-the-fantomes-review.html |url-status=live }}

In February 2014, she recorded a voice role for the animated film Yellowbird.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/seth-green-dakota-fanning-3d-animated-movie-yellowbird-acquired-wrekin-hill/|title=Seth Green, Dakota Fanning 3D Animated Movie 'Yellowbird' Acquired by Wrekin Hill|work=TheWrap|date=February 10, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802233701/https://www.thewrap.com/seth-green-dakota-fanning-3d-animated-movie-yellowbird-acquired-wrekin-hill/|url-status=live}} In May 2015, Every Secret Thing, based on the 2004 novel by Laura Lippman, co-starring Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Danielle Macdonald, Colin Donnell and Nate Parker was released in the U.S. Also in 2015, Martin Koolhoven confirmed that Jack Roth joined the cast of the film Brimstone. In June 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Fanning and Kit Harington had replaced Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson in the film, respectively. The set of primary recording began June 15 and will be held in Romania, Spain, and Germany.

In July 2016, it was announced Fanning was cast in a film adaptation of The Bell Jar as Esther Greenwood.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/kirsten-dunst-the-bell-jar-movie-dakota-fanning-sylvia-plath-1201789487/|title=Kirsten Dunst To Direct Sylvia Plath Adaptation 'The Bell Jar' Starring Dakota Fanning|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=July 20, 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625023425/http://deadline.com/2016/07/kirsten-dunst-the-bell-jar-movie-dakota-fanning-sylvia-plath-1201789487/|url-status=live}} However, in 2019 it was reported that Kirsten Dunst was no longer involved with directing the project. In a 2023 update, 'The Bell Jar' was being considered being adapted into a TV series instead, though development has remained on hold.{{cite web |title=What Happened to Kirsten Dunst’s 'The Bell Jar' Movie? |url=https://collider.com/kirsten-dunst-bell-jar-movie-production-history/ |website=Collider |publisher=Collider}} In 2017, Fanning starred in Neill Blomkamp's Zygote as part of Blomkamp's series of experimental short films released through Oats Studios.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/dakota-fanning-zygote-the-alienist-interview/|title=Dakota Fanning Interview: Zygote, Neill Blomkamp, and More|date=July 17, 2017|website=Collider|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108023600/https://collider.com/dakota-fanning-zygote-the-alienist-interview/|url-status=live}} Fanning had a cameo role in the heist comedy Ocean's 8, which was released in 2018.{{cite web|first=Eliza|last=Thompson|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a21271889/oceans-8-cameos/|title=All the Celebrity Cameos in Ocean's 8|website=Cosmopolitan|date=June 11, 2018|access-date=November 24, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402035702/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a21271889/oceans-8-cameos/|url-status=live}} The same year starred as Sara Howard in the TNT historical television series The Alienist based on novel of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/803481-dakota-fanning-joins-tnts-the-alienist-good-behavior-renewed-for-second-season|title=Dakota Fanning Joins TNT's The Alienist, Good Behavior Renewed for Second Season|date=January 14, 2017|access-date=January 14, 2017|archive-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115181423/http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/803481-dakota-fanning-joins-tnts-the-alienist-good-behavior-renewed-for-second-season|url-status=live}} In August 2018, TNT ordered a sequel series based upon the follow-up novel The Angel of Darkness, with Fanning set to return to reprise the role of Sara Howard.{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2018/08/16/the-alienist-sequel-angel-of-darkness-tnt-daniel-bruhl-luke-evans-dakota-fanning/|title=The Alienist Sequel Angel of Darkness Ordered at TNT, Lead Cast to Return|author=Dave Nemetz|website=TVLine|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=August 16, 2018|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516140113/https://tvline.com/2018/08/16/the-alienist-sequel-angel-of-darkness-tnt-daniel-bruhl-luke-evans-dakota-fanning/|url-status=live}} In 2019, Fanning played Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Quentin Tarantino's comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,{{cite web|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|title=Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Adds Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Dakota Fanning, More|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-damian-lewis-luke-perry-dakota-fanning-cast-1202405007/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614011100/https://deadline.com/2018/06/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-damian-lewis-luke-perry-dakota-fanning-cast-1202405007/|url-status=live}} for which she and the cast of the film were nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-sag-awards-winners-complete-list-1269687/item/outstanding-performance-by-a-female-actor-a-leading-role-1269689 |title=SAG Awards: 'Parasite' Wins Top Film Prize; 'Crown' and 'Mrs. Maisel' Named Best Drama, Comedy Series |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 19, 2020 |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416121753/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-sag-awards-winners-complete-list-1269687/item/outstanding-performance-by-a-female-actor-a-leading-role-1269689 |url-status=live }}

In December 2019, it was announced that Fanning and her sister Elle Fanning would star together in an adaption of Kristin Hannah's 2015 novel, The Nightingale, which is set to be directed by Mélanie Laurent.{{Cite magazine|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elle-fanning-dakota-fanning-play-sisters-nightingale-adaptation-1259560|title=Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning to Play Sisters in 'The Nightingale' Adaptation|date=December 4, 2019|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112042741/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elle-fanning-dakota-fanning-play-sisters-nightingale-adaptation-1259560|url-status=live}} In March 2021, the sisters announced the formation of a production company, Lewellen Pictures. Their company has a first-look deal with MRC Television/Civic Center Media.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 4, 2021|title=Dakota & Elle Fanning Launch Production Company With First-Look Deal At Civic Center Media/MRC Television, Set 'The Last House Guest' Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/dakota-elle-fanning-production-company-deal-civic-center-media-mrc-television-the-last-house-guest-1234706572/|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304200136/https://deadline.com/2021/03/dakota-elle-fanning-production-company-deal-civic-center-media-mrc-television-the-last-house-guest-1234706572/|url-status=live}} In March 2023, Fanning was cast to star in the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/nicole-kidman-liev-schreiber-eve-hewson-dakota-fanning-netflix-limited-series-the-perfect-couple-1235570386/|title=Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Dakota Fanning to Star in Netflix Limited Series 'The Perfect Couple|date=March 31, 2023 |publisher=Variety|access-date=April 1, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401042358/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/nicole-kidman-liev-schreiber-eve-hewson-dakota-fanning-netflix-limited-series-the-perfect-couple-1235570386/|url-status=live}} Fanning starred in The Equalizer 3, reuniting with Denzel Washington. In January 2025, Fanning was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Netflix series Ripley as Marge Sherwood.{{cite web |title=Dakota Fanning Shares Photo from Golden Globes |url=https://people.com/dakota-fanning-shares-photo-from-golden-globes-with-her-grandmother-8769825 |website=People Magazine |publisher=People Magazine}}

In June 2011, Fanning graduated from Campbell Hall School in Studio City, California,{{cite web|url=http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/crush/friday-night-lights/241?nc |title=Friday Night Lights – Crush: Hollywood's Next Generation – omg! on Yahoo |publisher=Omg.yahoo.com |access-date=April 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105155052/http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/crush/friday-night-lights/241?nc |archive-date=November 5, 2009 }} where she participated on the varsity spirit cheerleading squad and was twice voted homecoming queen.{{cite web |last=Heyman |first=Marshall |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2008/10/dakota_fanning |title=Dakota Fanning: Celebrities |publisher=Wmagazine.com |access-date=April 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416175255/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2008/10/dakota_fanning |archive-date=April 16, 2009 }}{{cite web|first=Marla|last=Lehner|url=https://people.com/celebrity/dakota-fanning-crowned-homecoming-queen/|title=Dakota Fanning Crowned Homecoming Queen|work=People|date=November 9, 2010|access-date=October 25, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160658/https://people.com/celebrity/dakota-fanning-crowned-homecoming-queen/|url-status=live}} From 2011 to 2014, she attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University majoring in women's studies, with a focus on the portrayal of women in film and culture.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/star-tracks-tuesday-october-4-2011/|title=Star Tracks: Tuesday, October 4, 2011|website=People|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202092257/https://people.com/celebrity/star-tracks-tuesday-october-4-2011/|url-status=live}}

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