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Who is Dakota Johnson?

Dakota Johnson is also know as Dakota Mayi Johnson  is an American actress and the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. At the age of 10 years, she acted in a movie Crazy in Alabama(1999) a dark comedy film along with her mother Melanie Griffith. After completion of her graduate degree from high school she again started giving auditions in Los Angeles and she began her journey by signing with William Morris Agency and got chance to work in the movies like “The Social Network and 21 Jump Street “ and in year 2015 she got breakthrough of her acting as Anastasia Steele in the movie name “Fifty Shades of Grey” series. Her other blockbuster movies are “Black Mass and The Peanut Butter Falcon.

Early Life

Dakota Johnson was born on 4^TH October,1989 in Austin,Taxas.As her parents Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith were most famous Hollywood’s star in the 1980s and her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren she spent her childhood which was always surrounded by Hollywood celebrities.She is also stepdaughter of Antonio Banderas from her mother’s longtime marriage to Spanish Actor and the couple the get divorced in 2015.

Dakota Johnson spent her childhood in Colorado but later on she was brought to California to attend school in Monterey and Santa Monica.She has great interest in dancing but she decided to purse modeling before entering into the Hollywood industry.

Film Career

“Crazy in Alabama’ to “21 Jump Street”

In the year 1999, Dakota Johnson made her debut in the movie “Crazy in Alabama”playing the role of daughter along with her real life mother at the age of 10 years.In the year 2006, she won the title of Miss Golden Globe.After her completion of study, she acted  in the variety of movies like Network(2010),beastly(2011),The Five –Year Engagement(2012) and 21 Jump Street(2012),and others

“Ben and Kate”

Dakota Johnson played a lead role in the comedy show “Ben and Kate” back in 2012. But the show came to end after season one.In the year 2013,she appeared in the finale episode of “The Office”.

“Fifty Shades of Grey and series”

In the year 2015,she got selected for the lead role in the movie ”Fifty Shaded of Grey ” as Anastasia Steele. After outstanding performance in the movie she acted in the  sequels “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades” Freed in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

“A Bigger Splash”, ”Black Mass”, How to be Single”

In the year 2015,she got the role in the mystery thriller movie “A Bigger Splash” along with Matthias Schoenaerts ,Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes and  also she appeared opposite to  her favourite Actor Johnny Depp in the story of Whitey Bulger mobster biopic “Black Mass”.After acted in number of crime thriller movies she acted in the comedy movie ”How to be Single” along with Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie.

“Suspiria”, ”Wound”, ”The Peanut Falcon”

She was perfect dancer since her childhood so she tried her inner talent by playing an American ballet dancer in year 2018 which was remake of the Italian horrer movie Suspiria (1977).In 2019,she acted in the mystery thriller movie “Wounds” opposite to Armie Hammer. In the same year she played a excellent role as a caretaker to a young man with Down syndrome and pro wrestling aspirations in the movie ”The Peanut Butter Falcon” a comedy drama.

Upcoming movies of Dakota Johnson in 2021

Dakota Johnson upcoming movies are:

1. Bad Times At The EI Royal

This is suspense thriller movie about seven strangers each with a secret to bury along with  Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Bridges.

2. Our Friend

This is comedy drama movie about a couple who finds unexpected support from their best friend along with Jason Segal and Casey Affleck.

Dakota Johnson Personal life

As we know she was the daughter of Actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, she is also a stepdaughter of Antonio Banderas and Kelly Phleger. She has her four half brothers named Alexander Bauer, Deacon Johnson, Jasper and Jesse Wayne Johnson and two half sisters named Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith and Grace. She in not married till now but she is in relationship with singer Chris Martin. Before Dating Chris Martin, she has also dated Mattew Hit , Benedict Cumberbatch and Jordan Masterson.

Networth:

According to some online sources, Dakota Johnson has a net worth of approximately $14 million. It has also been reported that the original “Fifty Shades of Grey” film Dakota did not get her proper payment.