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- Birth name: Hannah Dakota Fanning
- Date of birth: February 23, 1994
- Hometown: Conyers, Georgia
- Older sister of: Elle Fanning
- Loves to ride horses
- Will play Jane in New Moon
- A member of the cheerleading quad for The Vikings at The Campbell Hall Episcopal in North HollywoodJust Jared: Dakota Fanning Joins Cheerleading Squad (October 19, 2008)
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Dakota Fanning is an award winning film actress that has been acting since she was just five years old. She has co-starred opposite Hollywood heavy-hitters, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro and Sean Penn.
Dakota Fanning's newest role is that of 'Jane' in the Twilight sequel New Moon, which will be released on November 20, 2009.
Dakota Fanning just wrapped "The Runaways" with her New Moon co-star Kristen Stewart. The film follows the development of the first all-girl teen rock band in Hollywood in the 1970s.
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Family
Hannah Dakota Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia on February 23, 1994. Her mother Joy played professional tennis. Her father Steve J. Fanning played minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and now works as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles. Fanning is the older sister of Elle who is also an actress.Early Life
At the age of five, Fanning appeared alongside Ray Charles on a television commercial for the state lottery. She guest starred on the NBC series ER, which she played a car accident victim with Leukemia. She also landed roles on Ally McBeal, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle and several other hit shows.I Am Sam
In 2001 Fanning was chosen for her first movie role, starring beside Sean Penn in the movie I Am Sam. She played the daughter of a mentally handicapped man. Social services didn't feel that her father was capable of being a parent to her, so she was taken away. The movie is about her father's fight to get his daughter back. Fanning's role in I Am Sam won her Best Young Actor/Actress at the 2001 critic's choice awards.-
Dakota Fanning talks New Moon on the Ellen Degeneres show
Dakota Fanning appeared on the popular Ellen Degeneres talk show on Monday, November 16, 2009 to talk about her new movie New Moon, the second in the Twilight series. In this clip, she dishes on what it was like to work with Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
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Dakota Fanning Questions
Is dakota fanning starring in the new movie New Moon?? 2 Answers"New Moon" producers have expressed interest in securing Fanning for the role of "Jane" in the "Twilight" sequel. Fanning expressed her interest in the role to ... read more
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Why did the dash panel on my 1999 Dodge Dakota stop working? All the lights are lit up 3 AnswersA family member of mine had this same issue. They took it down to the local mechanic. They hooked it up to a computer system for cars and reset the computer c... read more -
Dakota Fanning Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- February 23, 1994: Born
- 2001: I Am Sam
- 2003: The Cat in the Hat
- 2004: Man on Fire
- 2005: Hide and Seek
- 2005: War of the Worlds
- 2006: Charlotte's Web
- 2007: Hounddog
- 2009: Coraline
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