Dakota Johnson

Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress known for her roles in various films. Born to actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, she started her acting career at the age of ten with a minor role in the film Crazy in Alabama (1999). After completing high school, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting opportunities and landed a minor part in The Social Network (2010). Johnson gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018). She has also appeared in films like Black Mass (2015), A Bigger Splash (2015), How to Be Single (2016), Suspiria (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), The Lost Daughter (2021), and Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022). In 2016, she was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.