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Dakota Fanning: Biography

Dakota Fanning

Birth Name: Hannah Dakota Fanning
Birth Place: Conyers, GA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/23/1994, Pisces
Profession: Actor

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Dakota Fanning Fast Facts:

First acting job was at age 5, appearing in a TV commercial for Tide laundry detergent.
After playing Sean Penn's daughter in I Am Sam, was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild's Best Supporting Actress award at 7, the youngest person ever to be so recognized.
Shared a 2001 Golden Satellite award for Outstanding New Talent (for I Am Sam) with Rupert Grint (for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone).
Joined the Twilight film series in 2009 (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) as the villainous Volturi vampire Jane.
Played teenage rock singer Cherie Currie in 2010's The Runaways.
Named homecoming queen during her senior year of high school.

Dakota Fanning Relationships:
Elle Fanning - Sister
Joy Fanning - Mother
Rick Arrington - Grandfather
Steve Fanning - Father
Dakota Fanning Awards:
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
College:
Attends New York University, New York, NY

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Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

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red carpet recap, Dakota Fanning Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

Robin Wright Penn, Dakota Fanning Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

chris tucker, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

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