Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson: Biography in Details

Who is Dakota Johnson?

Dakota Johnson is an American actress and model.

She is famous for her role as Anastasia Steele in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey(2015) and the sequel Fifty Shades Darker(2017).

She debuted in a movie in 1999 sharing the screen with her mother in a comedy-drama named Crazy in Alabama.

In 2006, she became Miss Golden Globe.

Dakota Johnson is selected as Madame Web in the Sony Universe of Marvel studio’s next standalone superhero movie.

Dakota Johnson: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Dakota Johnson was born on October 4, 1989, in Austin, Texas.

Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is mixed(English, Welsh, German, Norwegian, Scots-Irish, Irish, Scottish, and distant Dutch and French Huguenot).

Her mother’s name is Melanie Griffith and her father’s name is Don Johnson.

Both her parents are in the entertainment industry.

Peter Griffith who is an advertising executive is her maternal grandfather while her maternal grandmother Tippi Hedren is also an actress.

Antonio Banderas, who is an actor was her former stepfather.

Dakota Johnson has six half-siblings – four on her father’s side and two on her mother’s side.

Dancing was her interest since her childhood.

Education History

Dakota Johnson went to Aspen Community School in Aspen, Colorado.

Later she joined Santa Catalina School for her high schooling which was located in Monterey, California.

She did a photo shoot with children of other celebrities for Teen Vogue at age 12 and after that, she showed her interest in modeling.

Dakota Johnson: Professional Life and Career

During that very time, her interest was also in dancing and her official debut in film was during the year 1999 in the film named Crazy in Alabama.

This time she and her half-sister played the character as the lovely daughters of their real mother.

In 2006, she was chosen as Miss Golden Globe 2006, and she served as the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in the Globes’ history.

After graduating from high school, Johnson came back to pursue her acting career.

Dakota Johnson acted in a box office hit film The Social Network, directed by David Fincher in 2010.

The film got eight Oscar nominations and won three for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Music Score.

She also acted in Beastly, Chloe, and Theo by Ezra Sands and For Ellen by So Yong Kim.

In 2012, Dakota Johnson had roles in Christopher Neil’s film Goats, with David Duchovny; Nicholas Stoller’s film The Five-Year Engagement for producer Judd Apatow, and the film 21 Jump Street.

She also played the female lead in Chris Nelson’s film Date and Switch written by Alan Yang.

In 2012, Johnson played the role of Kate in the comedy series Ben and Kate on Fox, which was her TV debut.

In 2013, she had roles as one o the new hires on the “Finale” episode of The Office. Johnson returned to her films quickly and acted in Need of Speed (2014).

Dakota Johnson was also cast in Cymbeline, a modern version of William Shakespeare’s work. Johnson played Anastasia “Ana” Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey, which was released in February 2015.

He won the role over Lucy Hale, Felicity Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Danielle Olsen, Danielle Panabaker, and Shailene Woodley.

In 2015,  He starred in Luca Guadagnino’s thriller A Bigger Splash, opposite Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ralph Fiennes.

Dakota Johnson also played a lead in the 2016 comedy How to Be Single, with Leslie Mann and her Date and Switch costar Nicholas Braun.

In 2006, Johnson signed with IMG Models.  Though acting is her primary work, she has since modeled for MANGO brand’s jeans line in 2009 and shot the “Rising Star” campaign for the Australian fashion label Wish in 2011.

Johnson was cast as Madame Web in the upcoming superhero film of the same name, set in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe in February 2022.

Dakota Johnson: Salary and Net Worth

Dakota Johnson has a net worth of $15 million as of 2023, but her salary is not revealed yet.

Dakota Johnson: Rumors and Controversy

The feud between Ellen Degeneres and Dakota has attracted lots of media.

Ellen was not invited to Dakota’s birthday which offended her.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Dakota Johnson has a good height of 5 feet 7 inches with a body weight of 54kg.

Dakota Johnson has brown hair color and her eye color is blue.

She has a well-shaped body of 34-24-34 inches.

Her bra size is 32B, her shoe size is 8(US) and her dress size is 2(US).

Social Media Profile

Dakota Johnson is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has around 21.5k followers on Facebook, she has around 392k followers on Instagram, and more than 99.6k followers on Twitter.

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