Dakota Johnson
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.
Acted in
Daddio
2024
as Girlie
Am I OK?
2024
as Lucy
Madame Web
2024
as Cassandra Webb
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
2023
as Shere Hite (voice)
Persuasion
2022
as Anne Elliot
Cha Cha Real Smooth
2022
as Domino
The Lost Daughter
2021
as Nina
The Nowhere Inn
2021
as Self
The High Note
2020
as Maggie Sherwoode
Our Friend
2019
as Nicole Teague
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
as Eleanor
Wounds
2019
as Carrie
Suspiria
2018
as Susie
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
as Emily Summerspring
Lie Detector
2018
as Self (archival footage)
Lie Detector
2018
as Self
Fifty Shades Freed
2018
as Anastasia Steele
Fifty Shades Darker
2017
as Anastasia Steele
How to Be Single
2016
as Alice Kepley
A Bigger Splash
2015
as Penelope Lanier
Black Mass
2015
as Lindsey Cyr
Vale
2015
as Rachel
Chloe and Theo
2015
as Chloe
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
2015
as Self
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
as Anastasia Steele
In a Relationship
2015
as Willa
Just a Minute
2015
as Self
Cymbeline
2014
as Imogen
Closed Set
2014
as Leading Lady
Need for Speed
2014
as Anita Coleman
Date and Switch
2014
as Em
Ben and Kate
2012
as Kate Fox
Goats
2012
as Minnie
Transit
2012
as Elizabeth Becks
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
as Audrey
21 Jump Street
2012
as Fugazy
For Ellen
2012
as Cindy Taylor
Beastly
2011
as Sloan Hagen
The Social Network
2010
as Amelia Ritter
Behind the scenes of All That Glitters
2010
as Dianica French
The Office
2005
as Dakota
Crazy in Alabama
1999
as Sondra
Materialists
as Lucy
Splitsville
as Julie