Dakota Mayi Johnson, born October 4, 1989, is
an American actress and model. The daughter of actor Don Johnson and actress Melanie
Griffith, she made her film debut at age 10 with a minor appearance in Crazy in
Alabama (1999), a dark comedy film starring her mother. Johnson was discouraged
from further pursuing acting until she completed high school, after which she
began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles.
She was cast in a minor part in The Social
Network (2010), and subsequently had supporting roles in the comedy 21 Jump
Street (2011) and the independent comedy Goats, and the romantic comedy The
Five-Year Engagement (both 2012). In 2015, Johnson had her first starring role
as Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades film series (2015–18). For her acting
in the series, she received the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic
Movie Actress and a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination, among others.
Following her Fifty Shades success, Johnson
appeared in the crime biopic Black Mass (2015) and had a lead role in Luca Guadagnino’s
drama A Bigger Splash (2015). She reunited with Guadagnino, portraying the lead
in Suspiria (2018), a horror film based on the 1977 film by Dario Argento. The
same year, she appeared in an ensemble cast in the thriller film Bad Times at
the El Royale (2018). She also has a lead role in the upcoming psychological
horror film Wounds (2019), and in the adventure film The Peanut Butter Falcon.
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