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Dakota Fanning

Date of Birth: 23 February 1994 , Conyers, Georgia, USA

Birth Name: Hannah Dakota Fanning

Nickname: Kota

Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA. Before her debut into the cinematic world, Dakota did her own the theater around her house. She was very energetic and active for her age, and often set a blanket under her shirt and pretended to be having a babe, using her younger sister, Elle Fanning, who is also an actress at present, as the baby. Dakota went to a playhouse in front of her home, where the children that attended put on a play every week to explain to their parents. But the people running the playhouse noticed that Dakota stood out, and advised her parents, Joy and Steven Fanning, to take her to an organization. They whispered that she was extremely talented.

The Fanning family was advised to spend six weeks in Los Angeles, a long way from their house in Georgia. But there Dakota managed to get her opening work; to star in a national Tide marketable. She was chosen out of many, many other children.

The family then determined to move to Los Angeles permanently, for it looked like Dakota's career was looking very good quality. behind they moved, Dakota signed with a professional agency, and soon won a character in the movie Tomcats (2001). She then went onto a little project called Father Xmas (2001)as Clairee.

But Dakota's big break-through was yet to come. She auditioned for one of the central character in I Am Sam (2001), and the director and the rest of the crew were amazed by her extraordinary talent. Dakota was cast, and starred in the movie as Lucy Diamond Dawson, alongside major Hollywood stars Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer.

After I Am Sam (2001) her talent was instantly recognized around the world. She went straight onto Trapped (2002) as Abby Jennings, alongside Charlize Theron, then played the younger version of Reese Witherspoon in 2002's Sweet Home Alabama (2002) But Dakota still had two more movie theater to come in 2002. Firstly she got a huge part in Steven Spielberg's Taken (2002), the mini-TV series, and narrated the ten whole episodes, as well as having a part. This was a little more challenging, as she was playing a troubled alien kid, but she managed to do brilliantly. Her last movie for 2002 was the children's movie Hansel & Gretel (2002) as Katie.

2003 was also a brilliant year for Dakota, as she starred in a number of exciting projects. Firstly, it was as Sally Walden in Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) with Mike Myers, then she played Lorraine "Ray" Schleine, a bratty little girl, in the sweet comedy Uptown Girls (2003) alongside Brittany Murphy. She then voiced preschool Kim in Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003).

In 2004, Dakota appeared in the violent crime story, Man on Fire (2004), alongside Denzel Washington. Her reviews were excellent.

First in 2005 was Nine Lives (2005), as Maria, then the chilling Hide and Seek (2005) alongside Robert De Niro. By now, she was the busiest child actress in Hollywood, with a resume to die for. Her younger sister, Mary Elle Fanning (Elle Fanning), had also been discovered a few years earlier.

After Hide and Seek (2005) came War of the Worlds (2005), which was one of her major movies out of all she'd worked in. Not only did it make her more popular, but she got to play the daughter of A-list Hollywood actor Tom Cruise. They had four very successful premieres; the first in Tokyo, Japan, the second in France, the third in London, England and the fourth in New York, USA. The reviews were outstanding, especially Dakota's. She then voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005), which she has just finished.